Customized protective devices and systems and methods for producing the same

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a data store comprising a plurality of previously stored reference models;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by the processor for performing operations comprising:
• accessing a scan of anatomical data of a target;
• identifying a reference model based upon height and weight data associated with the plurality of previously stored reference models, wherein the previously stored reference models are unaffiliated with the target;
• retrieving the reference model from the data store;
• matching the scan of anatomical data of the target with an anatomical landmark contained in the reference model;
• creating a boundary of a three-dimensional protective device based at least in part on the anatomical landmark contained in the reference model, and the scan of anatomical data of the target;
• generating a lofted region of the three-dimensional protective device, wherein generating the lofted region comprises:
• generating a polygon mesh using the scan of anatomical data of (i) the target within the boundary of the three-dimensional protective device and (ii) the reference model;
• identifying a location of the lofted region of the polygon mesh;
• segmenting the polygon mesh using evenly spaced perpendicular surfaces;
• calculating normal vectors of the evenly spaced perpendicular surfaces of the polygon mesh positioned over the lofted region;
• and
• applying a function to a magnitude of the normal vectors to generate the lofted region as an arched curve that (i) fits end tangents of regions of the polygon mesh bounding the lofted region and (ii) is lofted to generate a three-dimensional space between the three-dimensional protective device and the polygon mesh;
• generating a representation of a continuous, three-dimensional surface of the three-dimensional protective device that corresponds to the scan of anatomical data, the reference model, and the lofted region;
• and
• transmitting the representation of the continuous, three-dimensional surface of three-dimensional protective device to an additive manufacturing device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code that is stored thereon, the program code executable by one or more processing devices for performing operations comprising:

• accessing a scan of anatomical data of a target;
• automatically and without human input:
• identifying a reference model based upon height and weight data associated with previously stored reference models, wherein the previously stored reference models are unaffiliated with the target and are stored in a data store;
• retrieving the reference model from the data store;
• creating a boundary of a three-dimensional protective device using based at least in part one the reference model and the scan of anatomical data of the target;
• and
• generating a representation of a continuous, three-dimensional surface of the three-dimensional protective device that corresponds to the scan of anatomical data and the reference model within the boundary of the three-dimensional protective device.