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.
Claims20
Custom manufactured headwear for 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 head, said device data file determining the shape of said headwear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.