Patent ID: 8986234
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A61F,G06F

Abstract:
1. A custom brace designed to be virtually fitted on a portion of a patient's body to be braced prior to fabrication, comprising: a brace structure adapted to be worn on the patient's body, wherein the brace structure corresponds to a digital representation of the portion of the patient's body to be braced and wherein the digital representation is obtained by photogrammetric processing a plurality of digital images of the portion the patient's body; the brace structure comprising: a series of fused planar layers of material; an innermost surface; an outermost surface that surrounds the innermost surface of the brace structure; and a plurality of fenestrations that extend through the brace structure between the innermost surface and the outermost surface; and wherein the brace structure is designed as a homogeneous material and wherein the brace is fabricated by transmitting the digital representations of the brace structure to a fabrication machine and sequentially forming the series of fused planar layers of the material to create the innermost surface and the outermost surface of the brace structure.