Patent ID: 11938043
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A patient specific workflow method for producing a unibody transtibial prosthetic device, the workflow comprising:
acquiring patient data via imaging and/or scanning;
constructing a three-dimensional (3D) model from the patient data;
translating the 3D model to a 3D printable design of a unibody transtibial prosthesis;
3D printing the unibody transtibial prosthesis;
wherein the acquiring patient data comprises imaging a contralateral limb and a residual limb;
wherein the imaging is conducted with a smart phone;
wherein the 3D printing prints a unitary socket, pylon and foot and ankle, the pylon has an open structure of interconnected elongated supports having open spaces therebetween and the foot has a split ankle, a split toe and a split heel; and
wherein the 3D printing is a multi-material printing process that forms regions of different stiffnesses in the unitary socket, pylon and foot and ankle.