Thirteen subjects accepted the socket on the second fitting. Seven subjects accepted the socket on the third fitting. One subject accepted the socket on the fourth fitting. The fitting failed for one subject after four socket trials. One subject died during the study.
Socket fittings for the other subjects are in progress.
We are planning to complete the evaluation within the next three months. We now are in the process of evaluating these software systems. A promising new method for direct fabrication of solid models from computer generated data is called Stereolithography. With this system, a 3D object can be formed directly from computer-aided designed data. This was a feasibility demonstration project.