Patent ID: 8867804
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: A61F,G05B,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a custom cranial remodeling device comprising plastic material, said method comprising: providing a first database of three-dimensional digital data of trim lines for cranial remodeling devices of a first type; providing a second database of three-dimensional digital data of trim lines for cranial remodeling devices of a second type; providing a first program for creating trim lines for a cranial remodeling device of said first type, said first program utilizing said first database; providing a second program for creating trim lines for a cranial remodeling device of said second type, said second program utilizing said second database; producing a three-dimensional physical model of a desired head shape; forming said plastic material onto said model; and selecting one of said first or said second programs to generate three-dimensional digital data of trim lines for said cranial remodeling device; generating a three-dimensional digital data file for the surface of said model having said plastic material thereon; orienting said three-dimensional digital data file for said surface said model, said orienting utilizing iterative differential evolution to produce an three-dimensional digital data file for an oriented three-dimensional digital surface image; and scaling said oriented three-dimensional digital surface image.