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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott Fried, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US);
Luke Michas, Westerly, RI (US);
Jeremy Howard, Little Compton, RI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; A61F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; A61F 5/00 ;
Abstract
A method of providing centralized custom splint production for a network of healthcare providers. The method includes: providing a plurality of scanning devices located throughout the network; scanning a portion of a person's body for which a splint is needed to assemble at least one set of data representing an outer surface of the portion of the person's body, the scanning is performed using one of the plurality scanning devices; transmitting a signal representing the at least one set of data to a splint generating device; producing a custom splint contoured to complement the portion of the person's body.