US Patent Issued to CRANIAL TECHNOOLGIES on April 15 for "Method of manufacture of custom cranial remodeling devices by additive manufacturing" (Arizona, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,664, issued on April 15, was assigned to CRANIAL TECHNOOLGIES INC. (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Method of manufacture of custom cranial remodeling devices by additive manufacturing" was invented by Timothy R. Littlefield (Phoenix), Jerold N. Luisi (Phoenix) and George E. Kechter (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for fabricating a custom cranial remodeling device for correction of cranial deformities in a subject is described. The method comprises generating a three-dimensional head data file for the subject and determining contour lines on the head. The method further comprises automatically generating a modified head shape da...