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Senegal

The LEGS team conducted its first Technology Transfer Workshop (TTW) in Senegal in the summer of 2009. The goal of this Workshop was to introduce the LEGS Knee technology as another prosthetic option, and to train local clinicians in the manufacturing and fitting of the LEGS M1 Knee.

The LEGS team was hosted in Senegal by Dr. Amadou Koura Ndao, Director of the Centre National d’Appareillage Orthopedie in Senegal. The center has operated for many years and has been committed to providing the highest possible service to the disabled of Senegal. The TTW was attended by officials from four different organizations, some from other parts of Senegal, and some from different countries in Africa, all of whom were very impressed by the LEGS technology. In fact, the Senegalese Ministry of Health was so impressed with the Workshop put on by the LEGS team that officials have offered to collaborate with clinics in Senegal to provide them with Delrin plastic necessary for producing the M1 knee, lowering the costs of production even further. The LEGS team plans to return to Senegal next summer to follow-up with the patients that it fitted this past summer, and to expand its available technology around the region.