US Patent Issued to OTTOBOCK on June 23 for "Method for creating a 3D scan and contact element for such a method" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,261, issued on June 23, was assigned to OTTOBOCK SE & CO KGAA (Duderstadt, Germany).

"Method for creating a 3D scan and contact element for such a method" was invented by Julia Volkmar (Duderstadt, Germany), Judith Wille (Duderstadt, Germany), Mario Koppe (Duderstadt, Germany), Benjamin Schirrmeister (Duderstadt, Germany), Viktor Horig (Duderstadt, Germany) and Leon Fiolka (Duderstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for creating a 3D scan of a body part which includes the steps of a. Molding a contact element to the body part, b. Capturing a first partial scan of the body part, c. Removing th...