Method for producing a connecting element
AssigneeOttobock SE & Co. Kgaa
InventorsAndreas Leiniger, Julia Volkmar, Erik Pahl, Jens Volkmar
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing a connecting element for connecting two components of an orthopedic device for a body part, wherein the method includes capturing three-dimensional scan data of at least one part of the body part by means of a scanner, determining a target position and/or target orientation of the connecting element relative to the body part from the scan data, modelling the connecting element using the scan data, the target position and/or the target orientation and information on the components to be connected, and producing the modelled connecting element.
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A method for producing a connecting element of an orthopedic device for connecting two components of the orthopedic device for a body part, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- capturing three-dimensional scan data at least one part of each of the two components of the orthopedic device using a scanner, wherein the two components of the orthopedic device comprise two rigid components of the orthopedic device, and wherein the connecting element of the orthopedic device comprises a rigid connecting element of the orthopedic device or a joint comprising of the orthopedic device a joint axis,
- determining a target position and/or target orientation of the connecting element of the orthopedic device relative to the components of the orthopedic device and the body part from the scan data,
- modelling the connecting element of the orthopedic device using the scan data, the target position and/or the target orientation and information on the components of the orthopedic device to be connected, and
- producing the modelled connecting element of the orthopedic device.
A method for producing a connecting element of an orthopedic device for connecting two components of the orthopedic device for a body part, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- applying at least one marking detectable by a scanner to at least one of the two components of the orthopedic device, wherein the two components of the orthopedic device comprise two rigid components of the orthopedic device, and wherein the connecting element of the orthopedic device comprises a rigid connecting element of the orthopedic device or a joint of the orthopedic device comprising a joint axis,
- capturing three-dimensional scan data of at least one part of each of the two components of the orthopedic device using a scanner in at least two different positions;
- determining a target position and/or target orientation of the connecting element of the orthopedic device relative to the components of the orthopedic device and the body part from the scan data;
- modelling the connecting element of the orthopedic device using the scan data, the target position and/or the target orientation and information on the components of the orthopedic device to be connected;
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- producing the modelled connecting element of the orthopedic device.
A method for producing a connecting element of an orthopedic device for connecting two components of the orthopedic device for a body part, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- applying at least one marking detectable by a scanner to at least one of the two components of the orthopedic device, wherein the two components of the orthopedic device comprise two rigid components of the orthopedic device, and wherein the connecting element of the orthopedic device comprises a rigid connecting element of the orthopedic device or a joint of the orthopedic device comprising a joint axis,
- capturing three-dimensional scan data of at least one part of each of the two components of the orthopedic device using a scanner in at least two different positions;
- determining a target position and/or target orientation of the connecting element of the orthopedic device relative to the components of the orthopedic device and the body part from the scan data;
- modelling the connecting element of the orthopedic device using the scan data, the target position and/or the target orientation and information on the components of the orthopedic device to be connected and simulating the anticipated load on the connecting element of the orthopedic device;
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- producing the modelled connecting element of the orthopedic device by an additive manufacturing process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.