Tucker Innovations Inc is a management consulting firm dedicated to designing and developing custom 3D graphics and Computer-Aided Design/Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) software solutions. This technology has manufacturing, defense, and medical/dental applications. Often manufacturers are interested in incorporating 3D scanning and/or rapid prototyping technologies into their process. Tucker Innovations has a depth of experience in these areas and partners with various companies specializing in these technologies. The combination of scanning and rapid prototyping techniques possesses great potential for enabling new and automated manufacturing techniques. 3D modeling and graphics technology is already embedded into the medical profession in the form of 3D scanning technologies such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging. Tucker Innovations works with individual doctors and medical professionals with access to medical imaging equipment and new ideas about how to use the data this equipment produces. Scanning, rapid prototyping, and specialized 3D applications are also highly applicable to the dental field. Several new dental and orthodontic procedures and products based on these technologies have come to market in the past few years and one can expect this trend to continue. Typically, these applications involve some combination of scanning impressions of a patientâs mouth, performing a software processing using a 3D application, and then producing a physical object or device to apply to the patient using rapid prototyping.
