Lytra is made from Proteus® Sheets (medical grade polypropylene) which are moulded into curvatures and assembled together to gain incredible strength as a unit. The design features a wide variety of parts that are interchangeable and can be purchased online or directly from a clinic. Any component that is damaged or deformed can be replaced with a new part without requiring the user to purchase a new leg.

Harry Teng got the idea of creating Lytra after meeting Phil, an 80-year-old Below-Knee (Trans-Tibial) amputee who inspired the designer to realize that there are 185,000 new lower extremity amputations that occur in the United States each year. More than half of these are people aged 50 and over and it seems like none of them can take shower as they wish. Due to their metal components, the prostheses that amputees wear every day cannot be carried with them to shower. So, some of them jump or crawl to the shower, while some of them even choose to reduce the frequency of their showers due to the hassle they bring. However, if they fail to wash their residual limb adequately, bacteria might infect the wound and cause further health issues.

It's the one and only affordable prosthetic leg that allows below-the-knee amputees to take showers safely and maintain residual limb hygiene