Patents by Inventor Ialn McLeod

Ialn McLeod has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120232857
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating a customized CAD model of a casting mold, defined as the casting mold CAD model, for moulding of a personalized device, where the casting mold is used for casting an at least partly soft mould as part of the personalized device, and where the casting mold is adapted to be manufactured by means of rapid prototyping, such as 3D printing, including the steps of: —acquiring an input 3D model representing the personalized device, where the input 3D model is acquired by means of 3D scanning, —generating the casting mold CAD model as an impression of at least a part of the input 3D model, said casting mold CAD model thereby including the negative geometry of the personalized device, and—defining at least one sectioning of the casting mold CAD model by means of at least one separation plane and/or separation spline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Rune Fisker, Ialn McLeod