Producing erosion-controlled release devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsWei HUANG, Gary J. DISPOTO
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Abstract
In an example implementation, a method of producing an erosion-controlled release device includes accessing erosion-controlled release input data, and translating the input data into an erosion-controlled release print file. The method includes executing the erosion-controlled release print file to control a 3D printing system to produce an erosion-controlled release device that comprises an active ingredient release profile based on the erosion-controlled release input data.
Claims15
A method of producing an erosion-controlled release device, comprising:
- accessing erosion-controlled release input data;
- translating the input data into an erosion-controlled release print file;
- and,
- executing the erosion-controlled release print file to control a 3D printing system to produce an erosion-controlled release device that comprises an active ingredient release profile based on the erosion-controlled release input data.
A 3D printing system for producing erosion-controlled release devices comprising:
- a memory device comprising erosion-controlled release input data;
- and,
- a processor programmed with instructions from a print file preparation module to prepare an erosion-controlled release print file based on the erosion-controlled release input data, the print file comprising commands to control the 3D printing system to produce an erosion-controlled release device.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor of a three-dimensional (3D) printer for producing an erosion-controlled release device, cause the 3D printer to:
- retrieve release profile information from an erosion-controlled release input data source;
- translate the release profile information into printing parameters to control the 3D printer, including fusing process parameters to control applications of fusing energy to layers of powder material;
- executing the printing parameters in the 3D printer to produce an erosion-controlled release device in which the layers of powder material are sintered to form a microstructure with a porosity based on the release profile information.
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