Automated Cast Correction

Dr. John Bergmann learned computer programming in 1984 and developed our lab’s computer database system. This system has allowed the lab to accurately track and maintain information about your patients and their orthotics. It has also given our lab a valuable biomechanical database. After working with computers, he felt that the lab could take orthotic accuracy to a higher level by employing the use of computer technology in the design and manufacture of orthotics. There was no existing technology at the time. In the early 1980s he developed the first automated cast correction system. This system uses laser optics and computers to capture the image of a plaster mold of the foot and with the use of the computer, the image is manipulated to generate a computerized milled wax mold. It is regarded as the highest standard for accuracy used in the industry today, and many labs worldwide use our automated system.

First Optical Scanner

Dr. John Bergmann then went on to develop the first optical scanner to replace in-office plaster casting for orthotics. This casting system is rated as the most accurate and versatile casting system available. These foot images are received daily by our lab via the Internet from all over the world. They are also received by other labs that use our system.