Patent ID: 8721944

Claim:
A method for producing a cranial remodeling device to correct for cranial shape abnormalities, comprising: forming device plastic material onto a three-dimensional model of a desired head shape to produce a three-dimensional plastic material; providing cranial remodeling device digital trim line information for said three-dimensional plastic material; providing a machine operable to move a spindle in a plurality of axes, said plurality of axes numbering at least five axes, said spindle having a longitudinal axis; providing a marking tool carried by said spindle; providing a marking material resiliently carried along said longitudinal axis by said marking tool, said marking material of a type suitable for marking the surface of said plastic material when contacting said surface of said plastic material, said marking tool resiliently carrying said marking material such that said marking material is maintained in continuous contact with said surface of said plastic material to which said marking tool is in close proximity, and said marking material is maintained in resilient contact with said surface when there is relative movement between said marking tool and said surface; operating said machine in response to said trim line information such that said machine moves said spindle over said surface of said plastic material, said spindle carrying said marking tool proximate said surface of said plastic material and said marking tool carries said marking material into resilient contact with said plastic material such that said marking material contacts said surface of said plastic material to mark continuous trim lines for said cranial remodeling device onto said surface of said plastic material; and subsequent to operating said machine to mark said trim lines, cutting said plastic material to produce said cranial remodeling device.