US 11,872,151 B2
Method of manufacturing an ankle foot orthosis
Arni Thor, Coronado, CA (US); and Efrain Navarrete, Perris, CA (US)
Assigned to AST Design, LLC, Coronado, CA (US)
Filed by AST DESIGN LLC, Coronado, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/997,925.
Application 16/997,925 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/977,880, filed on May 11, 2018, granted, now 11,484,426.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/059,580, filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/990,726, filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,743, filed on Feb. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/889,720, filed on Aug. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/625,893, filed on Feb. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/505,740, filed on May 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0375776 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61F 5/14 (2022.01)
CPC A61F 5/0113 (2013.01) [A61F 5/0111 (2013.01); A61F 5/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing an ankle foot orthosis (AFO), comprising:
acquiring a pre-impregnated carbon fiber sheet of material;
cutting the pre-impregnated carbon fiber sheet of material to a desired shape;
inserting the cut pre-impregnated carbon fiber sheet of material into a multi-piece mold, the multi-piece mold manufactured from a metallic material;
compressing the multi-piece mold with the inserted and cut pre-impregnated carbon fiber sheet of material disposed therein;
heating the multi-piece mold so as to activate resin within the cut pre-impregnated carbon fiber sheet of material; and
removing the activated cut pre-impregnated carbon fiber sheet of material from the multi-piece mold.