ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,331, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DIMENSION ORTHOTICS LLC (Philadelphia).

"3-dimensional augmented reality scanner for customized medical immobilization devices" was invented by Michael Rivlin (Philadelphia), Pedro K. Beredjiklian (Philadelphia), Ashkan Sedigh (Philadelphia) and Michael J. Sileski (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for 3D scanning and visualization for modelling an orthotic including a scanning device having a LiDAR and a TrueDepth camera that is configured as a sensor configured to capture depth information from objects, available in either LiDAR or TrueDepth camera configurations, and a las...