Abstract: A method of producing a custom medical device including a splint or brace for immobilization of a selected region of a patient's body part. The custom medical device is produced in accordance with the following operations: (a) production of a three-dimensional mold of a portion of the patient's body part including the selected region onto which the desired medical device is to be placed; (b) definition of a three-dimensional shape of the desired medical device covering the selected region; (c) generation of a two-dimensional template corresponding to the defined three-dimensional shape, and which corresponds to unfolding in a two-dimensional plane of the three-dimensional shape of the desired medical device; (d) production of at least one plate of moldable material in accordance with the two-dimensional template of the desired medical device; and (e) molding of the plate of moldable material onto the three-dimensional mold to shape the desired medical device.

Abstract: A method of producing a custom medical device including a splint or brace for immobilization of a selected region of a patient's body part. The custom medical device is produced in accordance with the following operations: (a) production of a three-dimensional mold of a portion of the patient's body part including the selected region onto which the desired medical device is to be placed; (b) definition of a three-dimensional shape of the desired medical device covering the selected region; (c) generation of a two-dimensional template corresponding to the defined three-dimensional shape, and which corresponds to unfolding in a two-dimensional plane of the three-dimensional shape of the desired medical device; (d) production of at least one plate of moldable material in accordance with the two-dimensional template of the desired medical device; and (e) molding of the plate of moldable material onto the three-dimensional mold to shape the desired medical device.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a process for the acquisition of information intended for the insertion of a locking screw into a distal locking hole of an endomedullary device, comprising the following steps: taking of two images of different orientations of the distal part of the said endomedullary device using a radioscopic unit; acquisition of the projection parameters especially the position of the X-ray source and of the projection plane, of each image by locating a fixed reference frame on the said endomedullary device and another fixed reference frame on said radioscopic unit; correction of any distortion of the images; segmentation of the distal part of the said endomedullary device in each image and calculation of the attributes relating to the position of the said device and to that of the holes, said attributes comprising at least the contours of the said device, its centre of gravity and its principal axis; construction of the projection cone of the distal part of the device for each image; d