Custom cranial remodeling devices manufactured by additive manufacture
AssigneeCranial Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTIMOTHY R LITTLEFIELD, JEROLD N LUISI, GEORGE E KECHTER
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Abstract
A custom cranial remodeling device to correct a deformed head of a subject 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 and 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 representative of the shape of the deformed head, the device data file determining the shape of the cranial remodeling device to correct the shape of the deformed head.
Claims20
A custom cranial remodeling device to correct a deformed head of a subject, comprising:
- an inner layer shaped to contact the head of said subject at predetermined areas, said inner layer deposited by an additive manufacturing device;
- an outer layer deposited by said additive manufacturing device;
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- said inner layer and said outer layer are each formed by said additive manufacture device utilizing a device data file derived from a subject data file, said subject data file representative of the shape of said deformed head, said device data file determining the shape of said cranial remodeling device to correct the shape of said deformed head.
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