Patents by Inventor Karin Cecilia Backlin Schaffer

Karin Cecilia Backlin Schaffer 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).

  • Patent number: 11957604
    Abstract: A system and method for method including receiving data representing coordinates of a shape of a body part, forming a model of a flexible inner liner based upon the received data, the flexible inner liner configured to be placed over the body part, receiving, as input, a thickness and an offset of the model of the flexible inner liner, assigning a default density to an internal structure of the model; and varying the default density of the model without changing an outer geometry of the model to create a modified model of the flexible inner liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PRECISION VALVE & AUTOMATION, INC.
    Inventors: Karin Cecilia Backlin Schaffer, Jeffrey L. Erenstone
  • Publication number: 20220370202
    Abstract: A method for 3D printing a prosthetic socket from a digital model, including printing a solid wall perimeter of the prosthetic socket with a width achieved in a single pass of a printing nozzle, and forming a plurality of stiffener elements proximate a bottom end of the prosthetic socket, as a function of the printing the solid wall perimeter, is provided. Also provided is a 3D printed prosthetic socket including an upper portion, a lower portion configured to be attached to a prosthetic pylon, and a plurality of stiffener elements radially extending from the lower portion, wherein the upper portion, the lower portion, and the plurality of stiffener elements are printed as a solid wall construction comprised of a printing material deposited using only a single pass of a printing nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Stephen Duma, Jason Curtis Schoen, Karin Cecilia Backlin Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20210137705
    Abstract: A system and method for method including receiving data representing coordinates of a shape of a body part, forming a model of a flexible inner liner based upon the received data, the flexible inner liner configured to be placed over the body part, receiving, as input, a thickness and an offset of the model of the flexible inner liner, assigning a default density to an internal structure of the model; and varying the default density of the model without changing an outer geometry of the model to create a modified model of the flexible inner liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Karin Cecilia Backlin Schaffer, Jeffrey L. Erenstone