Prosthetic limb socket with variable harness
AssigneePeak Performance Design, LLC
InventorJeffrey L. Erenstone
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Abstract
A system and method for producing a customized prosthetic socket based on a digital representation of a residual limb that is used to form a digital model of a prosthetic socket. The digital model is customized to alter its internal structure to produce differing areas of flexibility and support while maintaining the overall geometry of the model and without having to use different materials. The digital model is converted for use with a three-dimensional printing or manufacturing device and then used to print the customized socket.
Claims18
A system for producing a prosthetic socket, comprising:
- a first module configured to form a digital representation of a residual limb from an input of patent data;
- a second module configured to create a digital model of a prosthetic socket having an internal structure based on the digital representation of the residual limb and to allow a user to modify the digital model to adjust the internal structure to change at least a portion of the internal structure of the digital model;
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- a third module associated with the second module that is configured to receive the modified digital model from the second module and convert the modified digital model into instructions for a manufacturing device.
A method of producing a prosthetic socket, comprising the steps of:
- acquiring data representing coordinates of a residual limb;
- forming a digital representation of the residual limb based on the acquired data;
- creating a digital model of a prosthetic socket having in internal structure based on the digital representation of the residual limb;
- allowing modifications to the digital model to adjust the internal structure to change at least a portion of the internal structure of the digital model;
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- converting the modified digital model into instructions for a manufacturing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.