Modular fabrication systems and methods
AssigneeCornell Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsLawrence Bonassar, Hod Lipson, Daniel L. Cohen, Evan Malone
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an article fabrication system having a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article, and a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving one of the material deposition tools. A system controller is operably connected to the material deposition device to control operation of the material deposition device. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating an article using the system of the invention and a method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure.
Claims19
A method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure, said method comprising:
- providing a data set representing a living three-dimensional structure to be fabricated;
- providing a printable composition comprising a hydrogel seeded with cells;
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- printing the printable composition onto a substrate in layers in a pattern in accordance with the data set suitable to fabricate the living three-dimensional structure without the need to provide a negative template;
- wherein the printable composition is capable of bonding between printed layers;
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- wherein 94±5% of the cells in the fabricated living three-dimensional structure are viable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.