Automated alignment jig for standardization of prosthetic and orthotic devices

An assembly jig for aligning and securing components during fabrication of prosthetic or orthotic devices, comprising:

• a mast having a longitudinal axis;
• three or more joint modules, each slideably coupled to the mast;
• three or more first linear encoding elements embedded into or on the mast, each first linear encoding element positioned to encode the location of one of the three or more joint modules;
• three or more orthogonal extensions, each orthogonal extension having:
• a proximal end slideably coupled through a one of the plurality of joint modules,
• a distal end terminating in a first end of a rotational joint,
• a fixture attached to a second end of the rotational joint,
• a second linear encoding element embedded into or on the orthogonal extension and configured to record the linear position of the rotational joint relative to its respective joint module,
• a rotational encoder located positioned to record a rotational position of the first rotational joint, and
• a fixture attached to the first rotational joint;
• and
• a plurality of electronic transmission devices such that each of the first linear encoding elements, each of the second linear encoding element, and each of the rotational encoding elements has a corresponding electronic transmission device that transmits positional data to a computerized centralized recording system,
• wherein a first orthogonal extension of the three or more orthogonal extensions has a first fixture configured to secure a pipe embedded into a plaster mold replica of a patient's truncated limb,
• wherein a second orthogonal extension of the three or more orthogonal extensions has a second fixture in the form of a clamp configured to secure prosthetic or orthotic components, and
• wherein a third orthogonal extension of the three or more orthogonal extensions has a third fixture in the form of a platform configured for securing prosthetic or orthotic components.