Bioprinter
AssigneeBiOHIP Corporation
InventorsAvriel HILLMAN, Michael LIEBSCHENER, Peter ALEXANDER
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Abstract
At a high level, disclosed herein is a bioprinter configured to fabricate a single but highly complex and multi-material regenerative scaffold compared to a more traditional approach of mass production of simple shapes. In an embodiment, printer may include a multi-head, multi-axial bio-printer for extrusion printing and laser manipulation of scaffold and/or organic materials specific to a particular tissue such as without limitation customized vascularized bone graft or joint replacement tissue. Printer may facilitate controlled deposition of cells, biologics, and/or scaffold and organic materials in controlled, mixed gradients.
Claims2
A bioprinter for building an implant by sequential deposition of material, the bioprinter comprising:
- a base plate;
- a printhead comprising a nozzle, wherein the nozzle defines a lumen, wherein the printhead is configured to deposit a material on the base plate using the lumen;
- an arcuate track comprising a groove, wherein the printhead is slidably attached to the arcuate track and at least partially disposed within the groove;
- a frame rotatably attached to the arcuate track;
- an encoder configured to detect a position of the printhead on the arcuate track;
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- a controller communicatively connected to the base plate, the arcuate track, the encoder, and the frame, wherein the controller is configured to control movement of the base plate, the arcuate track, and the frame, as a function of the detected position of the printhead.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.