Patent ID: 6136027
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A61F,B29C,B29L,G01B,Y10S

Abstract:
A process for fabricating a custom prosthesis for use in lieu of one of a pair of natural body members of a subject, including:forming a negative cast mold of a portion of a body of a subject including at least an attachment site from which one of a pair of natural body members has been removed, and against which a prosthesis is to be attached in lieu of a removed one of the pair of natural body members;forming a positive impression of said negative cast mold, said positive impression including a replication of the attachment site;coating the positive impression with a curable material to form a first prosthesis wall;generating a visible reverse image of another, remaining one of the pair of natural body members;using the visible reverse image to form a positive body member mold simulating said visible reverse image;forming a negative cast mold of the positive body member mold to provide a negative body member mold;coating the negative body member mold with a curable material to form a second prosthesis wall;juxtaposing the first prosthesis wall and the second prosthesis wall such that the prosthesis walls contact one another and cooperate to enclose a chamber; andbonding the prosthesis walls to one another while they are so juxtaposed, to form an external prosthetic enclosure.