3D printed articles of footwear with sensors and methods of forming the same

This invention describes a way to make custom 3D-printed insoles or shoe parts. You first wear a test insole embedded with pressure sensors. The data from these sensors is then used to design and 3D print a second, personalized insole with varying stiffness or density tailored to your foot's pressure points.

Why it matters: Filed before advanced multi-material 3D printers could easily create precise material gradients. Software for translating complex sensor data into print parameters is also more mature now.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedCustom pressure sensors, gradient 3D printer, software logic.

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