Method for manufacturing a cushion and cushion
AssigneeOtto Bock Mobility Solutions GmbH
InventorsHeinrich Perk, Sarah McCarvill, Arne Hothan, Johann-Christoph Müller, Frank Stefan Klingebiel
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing a cushion for an orthopedic device, the cushion having at least one fluid-filled volume, wherein the method includes compression molding of a three-dimensional first cushion component made of at least a first material, which is preferably elastic, in a mold that comprises an inner mold and an outer mold, and bonding the first cushion component to at least a second cushion component in such a way that the fluid-filled volume is created.
Claims18
A method for producing a cushion for an orthopedic device, the cushion having more than one fluid-filled volume, wherein the fluid-filled volumes feature multiple chambers that are connected to each other via fluid connections, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- a) Compression molding of a three-dimensional first cushion component made of at least a first material, which is preferably elastic, in a mold that comprises an inner mold and an outer mold,
- b) Bonding the first cushion component to at least a second cushion component in such a way that the fluid-filled volumes are created.
A method for producing a cushion for an orthopedic device having more than one fluid-filled volume, wherein the fluid-filled volumes feature multiple chambers that are connected to each other via fluid connections, the method comprising the steps of:
- compression molding a three-dimensional first cushion component from at least a first material in a mold that comprises an inner mold and an outer mold by filling the mold with at least the first material, pressing the at least a first material between the inner mold and outer mold, hardening the raw material between the inner mold and the outer mold;
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- bonding the first cushion component to at least a second cushion component in such a way that the fluid-filled volumes are created, wherein the first cushion component and/or the at least one second cushion component has areas of different wall thicknesses and/or a surface with areas of different structure and/or roughness.
A method for producing a cushion for an orthopedic device having more than one fluid-filled volume, wherein the fluid-filled volumes feature multiple chambers that are connected to each other via fluid connections, the method comprising the steps of:
- compression molding a three-dimensional first cushion component from at least a first foaming material in a mold that comprises an inner mold and an outer mold by filling the mold with at least the first material, pressing the at least a first material between the inner mold and outer mold, hardening the raw material between the inner mold and the outer mold;
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- bonding the first cushion component to at least a second cushion component in such a way that the fluid-filled volumes are created, wherein at least one sensor and/or at least one actuator and/or at least one functional element is introduced into the first cushion component and/or arranged on the first cushion component during compression molding of the first cushion component.
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