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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2024
Applicant:
Randall D. Alley, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Inventors:
Randall D. Alley, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
T. Walley Williams, III, Belmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/00 (2020.01); A61F 2/76 (2006.01); A61F 2/80 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/00 (2020.01); A61F 2/76 (2013.01); A61F 2/80 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an interface for a body part using an additive manufacturing process is described. The method obtaining a digital model of the body part and modifying the digital model, and spacing a plurality of compression areas around a long axis of the digital model to create a compression pattern. The compression pattern is sized and dimensioned to compress soft tissue of the body part against the skeletal structure such that motion of the skeletal structure towards a wall of the interface is reduced.