Patent ID: 9737417
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A61F,G05B

Claim:
1. A method for producing a representation of a mold for forming an appliance for a living body, the method comprising: causing a processor circuit to display a representation of a surface of the mold, said surface being defined by an input plurality of points stored in said processor circuit and representing a shape of the mold; receiving user input identifying a plurality of points representing a line corresponding to an intended edge of the appliance on said representation of said surface; receiving user input of a desired outward flare of the shape of said surface along said line, the outward flare having a variation along said line and being operable to provide relief between the edge of the appliance and the living body; causing said processor circuit to: store said modified surface representation in a computer memory to produce a modified representation of the mold.