As many people missing a limb will tell you, it’s hard to find prosthetics that allow you to show off your personal style. Enter British Columbia-based brand Alleles.. Founded in 2013, the brand was ...

These prosthetic covers marry flair with function. McCauley Wanner and Ryan Palibroda craft stylish leg and arm covers that people can actually afford through their British Columbia-based Alleles ...

Cole lost a leg in a car accident in May 2018, and she began using a prosthetic leg in September. Since then, working with the Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, she has started a business called No ...

Bespoke founder Scott Summit holds one of his innovative fairings Thursday May 19, 2011. Bespoke Innovations is a San Francisco, Calif. company that features custom-tailored prosthetic leg covers ...

That's the whole idea behind prosthetic brand Alleles, a company that makes chic leg covers for proud amputees. The masterminds behind the brand are duo McCauley Wanner, 29, and Ryan Palibroda, 34.

Cole's idea was simple: with 3D printers, make custom and affordable covers for prosthetic limbs. A cover sized like a leg can look more natural under clothing.

She needed something that would wrap around the prosthetic leg, which measured only 1.5 inches in diameter at the calf region, to make it appear as thick as the other leg.

As she pointed out, an upper-extremity prosthetic can run upwards of $4,000 and a prosthetic leg, more than $8,000. In many parts of the world, that’s unaffordable.

A 3D-printed cosmetic cover for a prosthetic leg, complete with art, is made for an amputee veteran [Mansur Mirovalev/Al Jazeera] Apart from boosting the production, they have other, bigger plans.

As many people missing a limb will tell you, it’s hard to find prosthetics that allow you to show off your personal style. Enter British Columbia-based brand Alleles.. Founded in 2013, the brand was ...