Make a prosthetic limb a routine fit, not a years-long wait.
Every three hours, someone in Australia loses a lower limb. Getting back on their feet should not depend on what they can afford, where they happen to live, or how long a funding queue runs.
Our mision is to make that recovery routine. Prockets build a modular lower-limb prosthetic system that accredited clinics can assemble, fit and repair locally, at a fraction of the cost of a conventional device, and we supply it through the care network those clinics already work in.
A recurring need, not a niche one.
- Every 3 hours
- Someone in Australia loses a lower limb.
- 8,000+
- Australians undergo lower-limb amputations every year.
- 22
- Lower-limb procedures carried out every day.
Roughly 8,000 Australians undergo a lower-limb amputation each year. That works out to about 22 procedures every day: one national statistic, repeated every single day. At that scale, affordability and access are not edge cases. They are the shape of the problem.
For most people, what sits between a clear clinical need and actually regaining mobility is not the surgery. It is the cost of the device, the funding pathway, and the months of waiting that come with both.
Affordable by design, not by discount.
The system is modular. Load-bearing components connect through standardised mechanical interfaces, so a worn or damaged part is replaced on its own rather than remanufacturing the whole prosthesis. That is what brings the lifetime cost down, not just the price of the first fitting.
We are not asking clinics to change how they work. Prockets is supplied into the existing EnableNSW network of 7 commercial and 2 public prosthetic services, so their accreditation, their infrastructure and their fitting and maintenance revenue all carry over unchanged.
And it has a defined regulatory route. Prockets is intended to be supplied as a patient-matched medical device, a pathway under which ARTG inclusion is exempt until 1 July 2029, giving us a clear window to complete the evidence needed for full ARTG transition.
How we got here.
Preliminary research
Preliminary market research along with early stage prosthetic research.
Prockets established
Prockets established as an Enactus UNSW project, a name derived from "prosthetic sockets".
Building partnerships
Connecting with partners, continued market research and brand establishment.
Introducing Prockets as a startup
In 2025, we created a startup focused on one of the most critical and underserved components of prosthetic design: the socket. This led to the creation of Prockets. Key highlights of this phase included:
- Prototyping sockets for upper-limb prosthetics using recycled plastic materials
- Reinforcing our commitment to sustainability
- Initiating efforts to develop an online community platform for support and collaboration
Redefining our goal
We switched our focus from mainly the socket to developing a whole prosthetic, as well as making that prosthetic lower-limb, to maximise our impact on Australian amputees. This year, we achieved a lot, including:
- Creating a complete model of our prosthetic design in CAD
- Fully 3D-printing a physical prototype for testing and to aid our presentation
- Placing 2nd in the Early Stage Competition at the Enactus National Championship
What's next
In future, we will be working towards ARTG approval and conducting a small scale pilot program for testing of the design. We will also be working with Limbs4Life to connect with amputees and clinics to gain feedback and commercialise our model. Our main activities will include:
- Developing and testing our design, working directly with amputees
- Producing technical documentation in order to demonstrate compliance with TGA regulations
- Reaching out to clinics to launch our pilot program
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