A method for producing an orthosis includes at least the steps of receiving patient data of at least one body part of a patient, wherein the body part is borne substantially without a holding apparatus during the reception, ascertaining and/or receiving reference coordinates of virtual and/or physical target objects on the body part, wherein the body part is borne substantially without a holding apparatus during the ascertainment and/or reception and wherein the target objects represent at least one location on the surface of the body part that is representative for attaching the orthosis on the body part, individually fitting a digital orthosis model on the basis of the patient data and the reference coordinates, and manufacturing the orthosis on the basis of the digital orthosis model that is fitted in this way.

A method for manufacturing an orthopedic product for a body part of a patient is disclosed, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing body-part data containing information about an internal structure of the body part, b) detecting a current line of vision from which a user of the method sees the body part, c) displaying the body part data from the current line of vision by means of the display device so that the user sees the body part and the body part data superimposed, d) generating production data for the orthopedic device on the basis of the displayed data and e) providing an orthopedic product manufactured on the basis of the production data.

A prosthetic joint system for users comprising a housing having an interior cavity, a center axis in said interior cavity, and an attachment means for fixedly connecting said housing to said user; an inner cylinder disposed in said housing interior cavity wherein said inner cylinder rotates around said center axis of said housing; an appendage attached to said inner cylinder; a sensor system attached to said appendage; and a dampening system, having a power source, in communication with said sensor system, said inner cylinder, and said housing for controlling dampening of the rotation of said inner cylinder around said center axis of said housing.

Systems and methods for establishing a serial treatment plan to correct a muscular-skeletal deformity of a subject are described herein. A method can include receiving an image of a portion of the subject's body having the muscular-skeletal deformity, processing the image of the portion of the subject's body to establish a quantitative measure of the muscular-skeletal deformity, and determining a therapeutic state to correct the muscular-skeletal deformity. The therapeutic state can include an adjustment of the portion of the subject's body. In addition, at least one characteristic of the adjustment of the portion of the subject's body can be related to the quantitative measure of the muscular-skeletal deformity.

A compression stabilized prosthetic device for a patient having an amputated limb includes a first socket portion for contacting a patient's limb, and a second portion for the attachment of a prosthetic component. The first socket portion has compression portions configured for compressing portions of the patient's limb, and relief portions for receiving other portions of the patient's limb which bulge upon the compression applied by the compression portions. The relief portions may be formed as openings or as enlarged radius portions of the first socket portion.

The invention relates to a method for creating manufacturing data for manufacturing an orthopedic product for a body part of a patient, the method comprising the following steps: providing a digital three-dimensional body part model of the relevant body part for which the orthopedic product is destined to an electronic data processing apparatus, the three-dimensional body part model being 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 body part model by means of the electronic data processing apparatus, with the remaining region situated outside of the rigid body part region being identified as a yielding body part region on the basis of the identified rigid body part region; creating a reduced three-dimensional body part model by means of the electronic data processing apparatus on the basis of the provided three-dimensional body part model, the identified rigid body part regions and a reduction metric applied in the region of 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 means of the electronic data processing apparatus.

The invention is a 3D printed prosthetic socket for a residual limb consisting of a 3D printed shell. The 3D printed prosthetic socket comprises a distal end adapted for linking the interconnecting adapter of the socket and a proximal end with an opening adapted for inserting the limb. The 3D printed shell comprises a first housing of the socket comprising an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the first housing of the socket comprises a rigid region having, in the direction perpendicular to the inner wall, the rigidity of the rigid region and an elastic region having, in the direction perpendicular to the inner wall the rigidity of the elastic region. The rigidity of the elastic region is smaller than the rigidity of the rigid region, wherein the elastic region comprises a set of shaped openings and is adapted for softening the contact of the residual lower limb with the prosthetic socket, wherein the 3D printed shell is made of a single 3D printed part.

To quickly and economically manufacture a prosthesis that fits the shape of a stump of a prosthesis user. A prosthesis shape data generation system provided includes: a stump shape data acquisition unit that acquires stump shape data, which is shape data on a stump of a living body; and an estimated prosthesis shape data generation unit that performs an estimation processing by inputting the stump shape data to a machine learning model that has previously learnt a correspondence between a stump shape and a shape of a part or a whole of a prosthesis that fits the stump shape, thereby generating estimated prosthesis shape data that is shape data on a part or a whole of a prosthesis that fits the stump of the living body.

The invention relates to a process of designing and manufacturing a tailored 3D printed or standard prosthetic socket for a residual limb with a 3D printed distal end, and a computer device for carrying out the process. The process includes obtaining a digital surface of the residual limb and information about the patient, possibly altering the digital surface of the residual limb, creating a shell of the prosthetic socket comprising the altered digital surface of the residual limb, virtually spatially arranging the prosthetic socket including virtual spatial translational or rotational movements of selected prosthetic parts and the prosthetic socket for optimal load transfer from a residual limb to the prosthesis, wherein the structural design of the prosthetic socket is based on the virtual axial adjustment of the prosthesis.

The invention relates to a method for producing a connecting element for connecting two components of an orthopedic device for a body part, wherein the method includes capturing three-dimensional scan data of at least one part of the body part by means of a scanner, determining a target position and/or target orientation of the connecting element relative to the body part from the scan data, modelling the connecting element using the scan data, the target position and/or the target orientation and information on the components to be connected, and producing the modelled connecting element.