Process of designing and manufacturing a prosthetic socket and virtual adjustment of a prosthesis

A process of designing and manufacturing a prosthetic socket comprising steps of:

• a) obtaining physical data about a patient with a residual limb,
• b) obtaining or creating a digital representation of a modified area of the residual limb,
• c) axially adjusting the prosthesis for a structural design of the prosthetic socket with a 3D printed distal end,
• d) creating the structural design of the 3D printed distal end based on the obtained physical data about the patient and/or the digital representation of the modified area of the residual limb, and based on the axial adjustment of the prosthesis,
• e) sending the data about the structural design of the 3D printed distal end of the prosthetic socket to the 3D printer,
• f) making the distal end of the prosthetic socket using 3D printing,
• g) manufacturing the prosthetic socket including the 3D printed distal end of the prosthetic socket,
• wherein the step of axially adjusting the prosthesis for the structural design of the 3D printed distal end includes virtual spatial translational or rotational movements of selected prosthetic parts and the prosthetic socket for optimal load transfer from the residual limb to the prosthesis, and the structural design of the 3D printed distal end of the prosthetic socket is based on the virtual axial adjustment of the prosthesis.