Rapid prototyping and deployment of fluorescent medical devices
AssigneeEndoglow Prime, LLC
InventorJeffrey Augustus Pine
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Abstract
Rapid prototyping and delivery of fluorescent medical devices using a 3D printer provided with a processed digital design and fluorescent filament feedstock. The fluorescent filament may comprise a polymer such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene and between 10 and 100 ppm of a fluorophore such as indocyanine green embedded uniformly throughout the polymer. The filament may include about one percent by weight of a colorant. The 3D printer may be located at the site of use by an end user, such as a physician office, hospital, or operating room for printing of the fluorescent medical device on demand.
Claims19
A system for producing fluorescent medical devices, comprising a filament having a fluorophore embedded therein, wherein the fluorophore is distributed in the filament at a concentration that will produce fluorescence when the filament is formed into a three-dimensional object and subjected to a wavelength of irradiation corresponding to the fluorophore.
A method of rapidly producing a medical device, comprising the steps of:
- providing a filament having a fluorophore embedded therein, wherein the fluorophore is distributed in the filament at a concentration that will to produce fluorescence when the filament is used to form a three-dimensional object and subjected to a wavelength of irradiation corresponding to the fluorophore;
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- printing a three-dimensional object using the filament.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.