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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. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
Applicant:
3d Patents, Llc, Mesa, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Joseph T. Zachariasen, Talent, OR (US);
Assignee:
3D Patents, LLC, Mesa, AZ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/0051 (2013.01); A61F 5/01 (2013.01); G06F 17/50 (2013.01); B29L 2031/085 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7532 (2013.01); Y02P 70/523 (2015.11);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a custom orthosis, such as an ankle brace, includes use of scanning processes. A digital model of a surface may be applied to a digital orthosis model to define a custom digital orthosis model. The digital model and, thus, the custom digital orthosis model may include one or more standard features. The custom digital orthosis model may be used with an automated manufacturing process to make some or all of the custom orthosis. In some embodiments, additive manufacturing processes may be used to form a portion or all of the custom orthosis.