US Patent Issued to DIMENSION ORTHO on Nov. 3 for "Apparatus for anatomic three dimensional scanning and automated three dimensional cast and splint design" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,424, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DIMENSION ORTHO INC. (Philadelphia).

"Apparatus for anatomic three dimensional scanning and automated three dimensional cast and splint design" was invented by Michael Rivlin (Philadelphia), Ashkan Sedigh (Philadelphia), Amir Reza Kachooei (Philadelphia), Michael J. Sileski (Philadelphia), Alexander R. Vaccaro (Philadelphia) and Pedro K. Beredjiklian (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanner system for capturing a three-dimensional model of an object includes a laser and a camera to capture two-dimensional images of the object. The system also includes a tube mounted to a rail, a cen...