Custom headwear manufactured by additive manufacture
AssigneeCranial Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTimothy R Littlefield, Jerold N Luisi, George E Kechter
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Abstract
Custom manufactured headwear for a subject's head is provided. The headwear comprises an inner layer shaped to contact the head of the subject at predetermined areas. The inner layer is deposited by an additive manufacturing device. The headwear further comprises an outer layer deposited by the additive manufacturing device. The inner layer and the outer layer are each formed by the additive manufacture device utilizing a device data file derived from a subject data file. The subject data file is representative of the shape of the head and the device data file determining the shape of the headwear.
Claims19
Custom manufactured headwear for a head of a current subject, comprising:
- an inner layer comprising a first material shaped to contact said head of said current subject at predetermined areas;
- an outer layer comprising a second material;
- an intermediate layer comprising a third material disposed between said inner layer and said outer layer;
- said inner layer, said intermediate layer, and said outer layer each comprise additive manufacturing apparatus deposited material;
- each of said first material, said second material, and said third material having different characteristics from the others of said first material, said second material, and said third material;
- each of said custom manufactured headwear, said inner layer, said intermediate layer, and said outer layer having shapes each defined by a device data file derived from a current subject data file, said current subject data file comprising a three-dimensional data file representative of an unmodified shape of said head of said current subject;
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- each of said inner layer, said intermediate layer and said outer layer comprising a peripheral edge having a shape defined by contour line data in said device data file, said contour line data determined directly from said current subject data file from calculated predetermined locations and calculated predetermined curvatures identified on said current subject head as represented in said current subject data file.
Custom manufactured headwear for a head of a current subject, comprising:
- an inner layer comprising a first material and shaped to contact said head of a current subject, said inner layer comprising additive manufacturing apparatus deposited material;
- an outer layer comprising a second material comprising additive manufacturing apparatus deposited material;
- an intermediate layer comprising a third material disposed between said inner layer and said outer layer, said intermediate layer comprising additive manufacture apparatus deposited material;
- each of said first material, said second material, and said third material having different characteristics from the others of said first material, said second material, and said third material:
- said inner layer, said intermediate layer, and said outer layer are each determined by a device data file derived from a current subject data file, said current subject data file comprising a three-dimensional data file representative of an unmodified shape of said head of said current subject;
- a shape of said custom manufactured headwear, and each of said inner layer, said intermediate layer, and said outer layer determined by said device data file;
- and each of said inner layer, said intermediate layer and said outer layer having a peripheral edge defined by contour line data in said device data file, said contour line data calculated directly from said three-dimensional data file of an unmodified shape of said head of said current subject and corresponding to contour lines on said head of said current subject.
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