ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,506, issued on Aug. 18.
"System and method for implant production" was invented by Kalle Levon (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Freya Schnabel (New York), Nolan Karp (New York) and Vittoria Flamini (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a multi-modal imaging methodology for creating patient-specific three-dimensional images of a breast volume, for use in the production of breast implants. In one aspect, a surface imaging technique may be used to create a three-dimensional model of an external shape of a patient, such as the external morphology of a breast. In one aspect, an internal imaging technique may be used to creat...