DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A CUSTOM BREAST PROSTHESIS

The present invention is directed to custom-fitted breast prostheses, and more particularly relates to systems and methods for disigning and manufacturing custom-fitted breast prostheses. One method (100) involves the creation of a visual mandrel using three-dimensional scanning equipment and comput...

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Hauptverfasser:	FLINT, STEPHEN CARLYLE, LITMAN, JENNIFER KAY, HALLEY, ROBERT JAMES, HODGKINS, DIANE TARYN-LEIGH
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention is directed to custom-fitted breast prostheses, and more particularly relates to systems and methods for disigning and manufacturing custom-fitted breast prostheses. One method (100) involves the creation of a visual mandrel using three-dimensional scanning equipment and computer aided design software. The visual mandrel may be stored in a computer and later reused and/or modified as needed by a custom breast prosthesis wearer. A further method involves the creation of a physical mandrel by an interactive sculpting process (110), wherein a patient and a designer develop the shape of the physical mandrel through the exchange of information including comfort, feel, and fit of the mandrel, as well as prior prostheses.