Back to results
US 2026/0275264 A1Published application
System and method for transferring tissue
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsMichael C. Tilley, Richard E. Andrews, Dane C. Fawkes
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A transfer device designed to extract an amorphous or semi-solid structure, tissue, or construct from supporting media while maintaining the spatial integrity/organizational architecture thereof. The transfer device can include a controller, an actuator assembly, a plunger, and a needle. The controller can move the transfer device and the plunger independently.
Claims6
A bioprinting system, comprising:
- a plurality of bioreactors, each having a tissue enclosure for receiving delivered tissue, the tissue enclosure including a plurality of control points, the tissue enclosure including production line mounting features;
- a multi-axis, multi-dimensional robotic printer having a delivery device operably coupled with the printer, the delivery device delivering tissue to be printed to said tissue enclosure;
- a controller controlling the motion of said robotic printer, said controller accessing a design and converting the design to coordinates that direct the robotic printer to print tissue into each tissue enclosure, the controller executing commands including:
- accessing parameters associated with the design;
- pathing of the design based on the parameters to producing coordinates of the design;
- and
- transferring the coordinates from the controller to the robotic printer;
- a motion controller within the robotic printer processing the coordinates including:
- converting coordinates to delivery points, an approach vector, an orientation vector, and at least one path;
- choosing a robot figure for each path, based on a desired robot position and range of motion;
- determining a translation data type based on the approach vector, the orientation vector, and the robot figure;
- creating at least one motion command based on the translation data type and the delivery points;
- and
- printing the tissue into each tissue enclosure by commanding the printer based on the at least one motion command.
11 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.