US 12,248,736 B2
Method of manufacturing prosthetic socket interface
Randall D. Alley, Thousand Oaks, CA (US); and T. Walley Williams, III, Belmont, CA (US)
Filed by Randall D. Alley, Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/615,695.
Application 16/006,184 is a division of application No. 14/156,962, filed on Jan. 16, 2014, abandoned.
Application 18/615,695 is a continuation of application No. 17/494,732, filed on Oct. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,941,324.
Application 17/494,732 is a continuation of application No. 17/028,485, filed on Sep. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,151,291, issued on Sep. 29, 2021.
Application 17/028,485 is a continuation of application No. 16/006,184, filed on Jun. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,878,137, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Application 14/156,962 is a continuation of application No. 13/334,952, filed on Dec. 22, 2011, granted, now 8,656,918, issued on Feb. 25, 2014.
Application 13/334,952 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/945,876, filed on Nov. 14, 2010, granted, now 8,323,353, issued on Dec. 4, 2021.
Application 12/945,876 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/792,728, filed on Jun. 2, 2010, abandoned.
Application 12/792,728 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/380,861, filed on Mar. 4, 2009, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/068,263, filed on Mar. 4, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2024/0232445 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 30/00 (2020.01); A61F 2/76 (2006.01); A61F 2/80 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC G06F 30/00 (2020.01) [A61F 2/76 (2013.01); A61F 2/80 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 18 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing an interface for a body part using an additive manufacturing process, wherein the body part has an underlying skeletal structure surrounded by soft tissue, the method comprising:
obtaining a digital model of the body part;
modifying the digital model using a software program;
spacing a plurality of compression areas circumferentially around a long axis of the digital model to create a compression pattern, wherein each compression area is longitudinal-shaped and has a longitudinal dimension that extends substantially along a long axis of the digital model; and
wherein the compression pattern is sized and dimensioned to compress soft tissue of the body part against the skeletal structure at the plurality of compression areas such that motion of the skeletal structure towards a wall of the interface is reduced.