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HUNDREDS OF MILES TO GET A NEW
PROSTHETIC LEG DESIGNED BY
PURDUE STUDENTS. NEWS 18'S
HOLLY CAMPBELL REPORTS THE
CHALLENGES STUDENTS FACED
WHILE DESIGNING THE PROSTHETIC
LEG.#@NATS: POWER TOOLSHOLLY:
AFTER TRAVELING HUNDREDS OF
MILES FROM RHODE
ISLAND...FIVE-YEAR-OLD LUCAS
RESCH GETS TO WALK WITH THE
USE OF A PROSTHETIC LEG FOR
THE FIRST TIME THANKS TO A
GROUP OF PURDUE STUDENTS.
LUCAS WAS BORN WITH A RARE
BIRTH DEFECT THAT MADE HIS
LEFT LEG MUCH SHORTER THAN HIS
RIGHT. THE CONDITION IS KNOWN
AS PROXIMAL FEMORAL FOCAL
DEFICIENCY...OR PFFD. BECAUSE
LUCAS HAS A FOOT...PURDUE
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING STUDENT
ALEX GUERRA SAYS IT'S ADDING
AN EXTRA CHALLENGE TO THE
DESIGN OF THE LEG.
ALEX:18:50:22 WE'RE HAVING TO
WORK AROUND HIS FOOT AND
ACTUALLY WE'RE TRYING TO USE
HIS FOOT MOTION TO WORK HIS
NEW PROSTHETIC KNEE.HOLLY:
GUERRA...AND OTHER PURDUE
STUDENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THE LEG SINCE AUGUST. LUCAS'S
FATHER...NED RESCH...SAYS HE
WAS THE ONE WHO CONTACTED THE
STUDENTS ABOUT POSSIBLY
CREATING A NEW LEG AFTER
SURFING THE WEB.
RESCH(10:21:09) CAME ACROSS A
VIDEO ON YOUTUBE OF BRYCE AND
HIS PROSTHETIC THAT THEY
DEVELOPED THROUGH THE
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT
PURDUE AND CONTACTED THEM FROM
THERE.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT
HOLLY: RESCH SAYS THE REST IS
HISTORY AND WITH THE BIG DAY
HERE....HE'S EXCITED TO TO SEE
HIS LITTLE BOY WALK.RESCH:
(09:47:22) WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
I THINK THAT WE'RE JUST
ANXIOUS TO SEE THE FINAL
PRODUCT. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE
STILL IN THE INITIAL PHASES OF
THE PROSTHETIC, BUT WE'RE VERY
EXCITED. I THINK IT'S GOING TO
BE GREAT.HOLLY: AND THE
STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON THE LEG FOR MONTHS SAY THEY
FEEL THE SAME WAY.
ALEX:18:22:20 WE'RE SO
EXCITED. IT'S GOING TO BE FUN
TODAY. WE'VE BEEN UP SINCE SIX
O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. WE'RE
WORKING MAKING SURE EVERYTHING
IS READY, SO AS TIRED AS WE
ARE TODAY THOSE FIRST COUPLE
OF STEPS ARE WHAT WE'RE
WAITING FOR.:HOLLY: THE LEG IS
JUST A PROTOTYPE AND LUCAS AND
HIS FAMILY WILL TRAVEL BACK TO
LAFAYETTE ONCE THE FINAL MODEL
IS COMPLETE IN A FEW MONTHS.
HOLLY CAMPBELL, NEWS 18. @#