It's a myoelectric, so the BOM cost is likely higher than $50. Also, as an FDA certified medical device, the rough rule of thumb (that I was taught while on an

It's a myoelectric, so the BOM cost is likely higher than $50. Also, as an FDA certified medical device, the rough rule of thumb (that I was taught while on an internship) is ~5-7 times mark up on BOM+assembly cost. The -real- amazing thing about this is the idea that we can use far cheaper materials with much lower safety margins, since we can then just reprint individual components that break - remember the price of the materials isn't the bulk cost of material, its the price it takes to shape them, which is quite high for traditional methods, for low run parts like prostheses. What's going to be amazing is the combination of newer myoelectric devices, with these new manufacturing/design approaches, that -should- enable intermediately priced prosthetic. Of course, the biggest cost saving comes from not being an FDA approved device at all.