Bergmann Orthotic Lab, Inc.

Advanced Robotic Technologies, Inc.

Advanced Robotics Technologies

David Parker

Francis L Merat

Albert L Harlow, Jr

Raymond C Laning

Mark Podany

Tom Sawyer

Richard E Bechtold

John Bergmann

A method and apparatus for preparing an orthotic appliance to correct defects in a foot providing the steps of scanning a foot, creating a three-dimensional model of the corrected foot, milling a positive mold of the corrected foot, forming a uniformly thick orthotic material over the positive mold and milling out the bottom of the orthotic appliance. Also provided is a heel bisector for use in preparing an orthotic appliance.

Method for preparing an orthotic appliance

A surface of a 3-D object is digitized automatically and stored in a memory. Based on the signal representation of the 3-D object areas of the surface are defined for color and boundaries. Coatings application paths are defined within each area and various parameters for applying coatings for each point in each path are also defined including spray pattern, amount of coatings to be applied, speed of application along the path, among others; for each area, the points of the selected path are correlated with the angle of attack, spray pattern, amount of coatings and speed. A set of programmed instructions are compiled for execution in a general purpose computer. An assembly line of objects to be painted may then be set up and the retrieved instructions executed.

Automated three-dimensional precision effector method

Automated three-dimensional precision coatings application apparatus

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Orem, UT, United States of America

David Parker