Young Innovator Makes Affordable Prosthetics | Joven innovador crea prótesis accesibles

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Bolivian Young Man Manufactures Customized Prostheses

Through his company, Israel Ramos manufactures prostheses for upper and lower limbs with the goal of helping more people regain mobility, improve their quality of life, and access these devices at a lower cost.

Israel Ramos shows one of his prostheses during this morning’s interview with Brújula Streaming / Brújula Digital.

Israel Ramos is a young Bolivian who studied electromechanical engineering and, through his company Ecco Bionics, manufactures customized prostheses. He explained that he decided to dedicate himself to this activity inspired by his father, who lost part of three fingers, and with the aim of offering a more accessible alternative for people who have suffered the amputation of limbs.

“My father was the main inspiration because he had an accident that caused him to lose both phalanges of the thumb and the index finger, and since I was a child I always saw my father without those phalanges, and the first prosthesis I made was for my father,” Ramos said in an interview on the program “Genios y Capos” of Brújula Streaming, the morning news magazine of Brújula Digital.

Ramos noted that the price of some prostheses can be as high as the cost of a house, which prevents many people from accessing these devices. Faced with that reality, he began developing them. He first produced basic finger models, then hand and forearm prostheses, and later full arm prostheses.

Currently, through his company, he manufactures prostheses for upper and lower limbs with the objective of helping more people regain mobility, improve their quality of life, and access these devices at a lower cost.

His products are more affordable and are made in a personalized way. There are cosmetic prostheses, biomechanical ones—aimed at people who lost only the hand and that are activated through forearm flexion—and bionic prostheses controlled through biosensors. They are also manufactured for pets.

“Our prostheses can help people—even we have already delivered several prostheses of this type—that allow them to manipulate touch devices, and globally we are the fifth company that has developed and implemented this type of tactile functionality in its prostheses,” he said. In addition, they are also made for pets.

He indicated that the venture is profitable because it is based on producing low-cost prostheses with higher sales volume and on the constant improvement of technology.

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