AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
prosthetics, access, Amputees
COUNTRY
Germany
DESIGNED BY
The company is Amparo GmbH, a startup from Berlin.
The founders are Lucas Paes de Melo (CEO), Wesley Teerlink (CTO), Felix Dietrich (COO)
The Team consists of:
Industrial designer (Eva Lüke)
Engineer (Chris Comparey)
Engineer Intern (Antonio Bösze)
Product Development (Ralph Parlesak)
Production (Elizabeth Gardner)
Marketing (George Knight)
WEBSITE
https://www.amparo.world/home-en
Confidence Socket – Remoldable Prosthetic Socket
The Confidence Socket is fast, remoldable & mobile. It increases access to prosthetics worldwide.
There are 30 million amputees in the world and 90% of them don't have access to modern prostheses because there are a lack of resources, clinics and specialized professionals.
The Confidence Socket is here to change that and to provide accessibility to prosthetics worldwide.
With the Confidence Socket it is possible to make a lower leg prosthetic in just one hour. The innovative fitting process makes it possible to fit the socket directly onto the residual limb, like a second skin. More importantly, the thermoplastic socket material is remoldable and can be re-used up to 10 times. This means huge savings for health care systems. All the tools required to make a prosthesis can fit into a sports bag. This way, we can provide access to prosthetics to people who live even in the most rural and remote parts of the world.
Our technology is super fast, remoldable and mobile and we want to use it to ensure that every amputee can live life to their full potential.