Prosthetist and former bicycle mechanic Ben Hogan is turning familiar parts toward another kind of mobility: lower-limb prostheses. His Project Bike Leg shares designs freely so trained local teams can work with materials they can obtain and repair.
During a nine-day training visit to Ghana, Hogan and prosthetics students completed two prostheses, he told PEOPLE. The aim is to leave repair skills as well as devices behind, so local clinicians can keep adapting the design for people who need it.