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(a) developing a fully parameterized standardized model for characterizing the device, the model configured to accept a plurality of customization inputs, the customization inputs comprising a plurality of design parameter values and 3-dimensional coordinates corresponding to a plurality of landmarks;\n
(b) digitally capturing 3-dimensional coordinates corresponding to a plurality of captured landmarks relative to a subject, the captured landmarks comprising points characteristic of elements selected from the group consisting of: anatomical characteristics of the subject, means for attachment of the device to the subject, and a reference plane;\n
(c) calculating 3-dimensional coordinates for one or more virtual landmarks based upon the captured landmarks;\n
(d) constructing a customized model of the customized device by populating the fully parameterized standardized model with the design parameter values and the virtual and captured landmarks;\n
(e) angularly aligning the virtual and captured landmarks in a reference position using the customized model; and\n
(f) generating an output from the customized model corresponding to the specification for the customized device."],"number":1,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 1 further comprising the step of:\n
(g) transmitting the specification to a computer aided manufacturing process for automatically fabricating the customized device."],"number":2,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 1, wherein the customized device is an ankle-foot orthosis."],"number":3,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 1, comprising digitally capturing and calculating the virtual coordinates in steps (b) and (c) within a first coordinate system and converting the coordinates from the first coordinate system to at least one second, anatomically relevant coordinate system prior to step (ee)."],"number":4,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 2, wherein the computer aided manufacturing process comprises a selective laser sintering process."],"number":5,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 3, wherein the captured landmarks correspond to landmarks defining size and shape characteristics of the subject's shank and foot, the means for attachment of the orthosis comprises a cuff, and the virtual landmarks correspond to an ankle joint center, a knee joint center, and an ankle joint center projection location."],"number":6,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 6, wherein step (e) comprises angularly aligning the captured and virtual landmarks with the ankle joint center in a reference position."],"number":7,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 7, wherein the reference position is a neutral reference position."],"number":8,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 6, wherein the ankle-foot orthosis comprises a footplate for disposition under the subject's foot, a strut connected to the footplate, and a cuff connected to the strut for affixation to the subject's shank."],"number":9,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 9, wherein the model further includes inputs for customizing one or more parameters selected from the group consisting of: footplate thickness, footplate padding offset, cuff thickness, cuff padding offset, strut offset, toe rocker curvature, heel rocker curvatures, and toe spring angle."],"number":10,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 1, further comprising using the customized computer model to tune one or more functional characteristics of the device to customize the device for the subject."],"number":11,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 11, further comprising tuning stiffness of the device to reflect stiffness in an affected joint of the subject."],"number":12,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 2, wherein the ankle-foot orthosis comprises a footplate for disposition under the subject's foot, a strut connected to the footplate, and a cuff connected to the strut for affixation to the subject's shank, and wherein step (a) comprises developing the fully parameterized standardized model for characterizing the footplate, the strut, and the cuff of the orthosis, the process further comprising the step of:\n
(g) transmitting the specification to a computer aided manufacturing process for automatically fabricating the customized device,\n
(h) fabricating the customized ankle-foot orthosis directly from the customized model using a computer aided manufacturing process."],"number":13,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 13, wherein the computer aided manufacturing process comprises a selective laser sintering process."],"number":14,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 13, wherein the model further includes inputs for customizing one or more parameters selected from the group consisting of: footplate thickness, footplate padding offset, cuff thickness, cuff padding offset, strut offset, toe rocker curvature, heel rocker curvatures, and toe spring angle."],"number":15,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 13, wherein the ankle-foot orthosis further comprises a medial upper span and lateral upper span connecting the cuff to the strut and a medial lower span and lateral lower span connecting the strut to the footplate."],"number":16,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 13, wherein the plurality of anatomical landmarks comprise landmarks corresponding to anatomical features selected from the group consisting of: distal ends of toes; medial, superior, and lateral aspects of metatarsal heads and bases, medial aspect of navicular tubercle, medial and lateral aspects of medial and lateral malleolus, medial and lateral aspects of calcaneal surface, center of posterior calcaneal surface, superior-most point on fibula, anterior aspect of tibial tubercle, and medial and lateral femoral epicondyle."],"number":17,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 13, further comprising tuning the orthosis bending stiffness in the customized digital model of the ankle-foot orthosis to match a subject's pseudo ankle joint stiffness."],"number":18,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["A system for creating a specification for a customized device for a subject, the system comprising:\n
a coordinate measurement machine for digitally capturing 3-dimensional locations for a plurality of captured landmarks corresponding to anatomical characteristics of the subject, means for attaching the device to the subject, and a reference plane, the coordinate measurement machine configured to provide an output corresponding to the digitally captured coordinates of the landmarks;\n
at least one processor or network of connected processors configured to receive the output from the coordinate measurement machine, the at least one processor or network of connected processors comprising programmed with a plurality of instructions comprising:\n
at least one set of instructions defining a fully parameterized standardized model for characterizing the device, the model configured to accept a plurality of customization inputs, the customization inputs comprising a plurality of design parameter values and 3-dimensional coordinates corresponding to a plurality of landmarks;\n
at least one set of instructions for calculating locations of one or more virtual landmarks based upon the captured landmarks;\n
at least one set of instructions for constructing a customized model of the customized device by populating the fully parameterized standardized model with the design parameter values and the virtual and captured landmarks;\n
at least one set of instructions for angularly aligning the virtual and captured landmarks in a reference position using the customized model; and\n
at least one set of instructions for generating an output from the customized model corresponding to the specification for the customized device."],"number":19,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The system of claim 19, further comprising a computer aided manufacturing system configured to accept the output from the customized model, the output corresponding to the specification for the customized device, the computer aided manufacturing system programmed with a set of instructions for automatically fabricating the customized device from the specification."],"number":20,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The system of claim 19, wherein the customized device is an ankle-foot orthosis."],"number":21,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The system of claim 20, wherein the computer aided manufacturing system comprises a system for selective laser sintering."],"number":22,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The system of claim 19, wherein the coordinate measurement machine comprises a measuring arm."],"number":23,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The system of claim 21, wherein the processor or network of connected processors further comprises instructions for virtually modeling forces applied to the customized digital model of the orthosis and for customizing one or more functional characteristics of the orthosis to the subject."],"number":24,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The system of claim 21, wherein the instructions for virtually modeling forces and customizing one or more functional characteristics comprises instructions for optimizing stiffness of the orthosis to match stiffness in an affected joint of the subject."],"number":25,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 4, wherein the at least one second, anatomically relevant coordinate system comprises a shank coordinate system and an orthogonal foot coordinate system, both of which have an origin at a joint center corresponding to an ankle joint center."],"number":26,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 1, wherein the specification for the customized device comprises a specified padding thickness."],"number":27,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 27, wherein the padding comprises padding adapted to be disposed between a portion of a body of the subject and another portion of the device."],"number":28,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 2, wherein the computer aided manufacturing process is selected from the group consisting of: fused deposition modeling (FDM), stereolithography (SLA), laminated object manufacturing (LOM), electron beam melting (EBM), and 3D printing."],"number":29,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The system of claim 19, wherein the specification for the customized device comprises a specified padding thickness."],"number":30,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The system of claim 30, wherein the padding comprises padding adapted to be disposed between a portion of a body of the subject and another portion of the device."],"number":31,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The system of claim 20, wherein the computer aided manufacturing system is adapted to automatically fabricate the customized device using a process selected from the group consisting of: fused deposition modeling (FDM), stereolithography (SLA), laminated object manufacturing (LOM), electron beam melting (EBM), and 3D printing."],"number":32,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The process of claim 1, wherein step (e) of angularly aligning the captured and virtual landmarks in a reference position comprises computationally rotating the landmarks into the reference position."],"number":33,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false}]}},"filters":{"npl":[],"notNpl":[],"applicant":[],"notApplicant":[],"inventor":[],"notInventor":[],"owner":[],"notOwner":[],"tags":[],"dates":[],"types":[],"notTypes":[],"j":[],"notJ":[],"fj":[],"notFj":[],"classIpcr":[],"notClassIpcr":[],"classNat":[],"notClassNat":[],"classCpc":[],"notClassCpc":[],"so":[],"notSo":[],"sat":[]},"sequenceFilters":{"s":"SEQIDNO","d":"ASCENDING","p":0,"n":10,"sp":[],"si":[],"len":[],"t":[],"loc":[]}}