| CPC A61B 1/267 (2013.01) [A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61B 1/32 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A method of redesigning a previously-fabricated a laryngoscope, a pharyngoscope, or oral cavity retractor, comprising:
generating a computerized 3-D model of the previously-fabricated laryngoscope, pharyngoscope, or oral cavity retractor, acquiring an anatomical profile of an upper aerodigestive tract of a subject or a respective average anatomical profile of a group of subjects and generating said computerized 3-D model based on any of said anatomical profile of the subject or said average anatomical profile of the group of subjects, wherein any of the anatomical profile of the subject or the average anatomical profile of the group of subjects is based on a plurality of anatomical features including bone structures and associated soft tissues and rheology of one or more soft tissues of the upper aerodigestive tract, utilizing the 3-D model to identify one or more segments or components of the previously-fabricated laryngoscope, pharyngoscope, or oral cavity retractor that require redesign,
adjusting one or more parameters of the 3-D model to obtain a 3-D redesign of said one or more segments or components, and
fabricating said redesigned one or more segments or components based on said 3-D redesign using an additive manufacturing technique.
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