Patents Assigned to Alipes, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8170705
    Abstract: An orthotic vending machine may comprise a measuring apparatus and an orthotic fabricating apparatus. The measuring apparatus may comprises a plurality of probes capable of sensing pressure at various pixels on the underside surfaces of the person's feet at various configurations (e.g., flat plane, shoe contour, or prescriptive optimal) and determining the heights at the various pixels for the various configurations. The fabricating apparatus may lay down a plurality of discs on a base layer having different hardnesses based on the measured pressure and heights by the measuring apparatus to fabricate customized orthotics. Alternatively, the fabricating apparatus may form the customized orthotic via solidifying a polymerizeable material in a honeycomb structure based on the measured pressure and heights by the measuring apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Alipes, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Koelling, Venugopal Subramanyam