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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2018
Lantos Technologies, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Robert J. Fei, Newton, MA (US);
Michael L. Rishton, Reading, MA (US);
Jonathan Aguilar, Haverhill, MA (US);
Lydia Gregoret, Concord, MA (US);
Keith Guggenberger, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Brett Zubiate, Duxbury, MA (US);
Brian J. Fligor, Mansfield, MA (US);
Xiaowei Chen, Lexington, MA (US);
David J. Wilfert, Rockland, MA (US);
LANTOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a first scanner having an inflatable membrane configured to be inflated with a medium to conform an exterior surface of the inflatable membrane to an interior shape of a cavity. The medium attenuates, at first rate per unit length, light having a first optical wavelength, and attenuates, at a second rate per unit length, light having a second optical wavelength. An emitter is configured to generate light to illuminate the interior surface and a detector is configured to receive light from the interior surface. The scanner further includes a processor configured to generate a first electronic representation of the interior shape based on the light. A design computer is configured to modify the first electronic representation into a three-dimensional shape corresponding to at least a portion of the interior shape and a fabricator configured to fabricate, based at least on the modified first electronic representation, an earbud.