US 12,213,738 B2
Method, appratus and computer program for creating manufacturing data for an orthopedic product
Olaf Rach, Duderstadt (DE); Pierre Chabloz, Saint Georges de Commiers (FR); and Uli Maier, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA, Duderstadt (DE)
Filed by OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA, Duderstadt (DE)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/838,394.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 115 467.7 (DE), filed on Jun. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0401149 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Prior Publication US 2023/0132357 A2, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01)
CPC A61B 34/10 (2016.02) [A61F 2/5046 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for creating manufacturing data for manufacturing an orthopedic product for a body part of a patient, comprising:
providing to an electronic data processing apparatus a digital three-dimensional body part model of the body part for which the orthopedic product is to be used, wherein the digital three-dimensional body part model is based on external body part data acquired from the body part of the patient;
identifying at least one rigid body part region in the provided digital three-dimensional body part model using the electronic data processing apparatus wherein a remaining region is situated outside of the at least one rigid body part region and is identified as a yielding body part region;
creating a reduced three-dimensional body part model using the electronic data processing apparatus on the basis of the provided digital three-dimensional body part model, the at least one identified rigid body part region, and a reduction metric applied in the yielding body part region; and
producing manufacturing data for the orthopedic product on the basis of the reduced three-dimensional body part model by the electronic data processing apparatus.