Method, appratus and computer program for creating manufacturing data for an orthopedic product

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for creating manufacturing data for manufacturing an orthopedic product for a body part of a patient, the method comprising the following steps: providing a digital three-dimensional body part model of the relevant body part for which the orthopedic product is destined to an electronic data processing apparatus, the three-dimensional body part model being based on external body part data acquired from the body part of the patient; identifying at least one rigid body part region in the provided body part model by means of the electronic data processing apparatus, with the remaining region situated outside of the rigid body part region being identified as a yielding body part region on the basis of the identified rigid body part region; creating a reduced three-dimensional body part model by means of the electronic data processing apparatus on the basis of the provided three-dimensional body part model, the identified rigid body part regions and a reduction metric applied in the region of the yielding body part region; and producing manufacturing data for the orthopedic product on the basis of the reduced three-dimensional body part model by means of the electronic data processing apparatus.

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