Aspect Biosystems Ltd.

Tamer Mohamed

Simon Travis Beyer

Konrad Walus

Sam Wadsworth

Anas Amjad Mohammad Bsoul

Anas Bsoul

Joe Ault

Julia Hwang

Elli Kapyla

Mohammad Mostofa Kamal Khan

Sheng Pan

Jackson He

Suresha Mahadeva

Valerio Russo

Anas Amjad Bsoul

A system and method for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional structures, including three-dimensional cellular structures, are provided. The system comprises at least one print head for receiving and dispensing materials, the materials comprising a sheath fluid and a hydrogel, the print head comprising an orifice for dispensing the materials, microfluidic channels for receiving and directing the materials, fluidic switches corresponding to one of the microfluidic channels in the print head and configured to allow or disallow fluid flow in the microfluidic channels; a receiving surface for receiving a first layer of the materials dispensed from the orifice; a positioning unit for positioning the orifice of the print head in three dimensional space; and a dispensing means for dispensing the materials from the orifice of the print head.

System for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional structures and method for same

Provided herein are meniscus implant compositions, as well as methods for making and using the same. The subject meniscus implants find us in repairing and/or replacing damaged or diseased meniscal tissue in a mammalian subject.

Bioprinted meniscus implant and methods of using same

A print head, system and method for producing hollow fiber structures, for example three-dimensional biological structures comprising living cells, includes a dispensing channel, a core channel converging with the proximal end of the dispensing channel, a first shell channel converging with the core channel and the dispensing channel at a focusing intersection or chamber, and a sheath flow channel converging with the dispensing channel at a sheath flow intersection or chamber located between the focusing intersection or chamber and the distal end of the dispensing channel. The diameter of the dispensing channel increases from a first diameter to a second diameter at the sheath flow intersection or chamber, and the core channel has a third diameter less than the first and second diameters. The sheath flow channel includes sheath flow sub-channels and the focusing chamber has a conical frustum shape.

Systems and methods for printing a core fiber

Provided herein are meniscus implant compositions, as well as method for making and using the same. The subject meniscus implants find use in repairing and/or replacing damaged or diseased meniscal tissue in a mammalian subject.

Provided herein are synthetic living tissue structures comprising multiple layers of fibers deposited in solidified form from a 3D bioprinter, together with kits and methods of use related thereto. The fibers comprise a plurality of mammalian cells dispensed within a solidified biocompatible matrix. The structural integrity of the fiber is maintained upon and after deposition without any additional crosslinking. The fiber is continuously bioprinted through at least two layers of the structure. In one aspect, synthetic muscle tissue structures exhibit a readily assayable contractile functionality.

Continuously bioprinted multilayer tissue structure

Aspects of the invention include systems and methods for producing fiber structures, and for producing three-dimensional (3D) biological structures from digital files. In some embodiments, the printed fibers comprise living cells. Aspects of the invention further include a print head for producing the fiber structure, the print head comprising: a dispensing channel comprising a distal and proximal end; a dispensing orifice located at the distal end of the dispensing channel; one or more material channels converging with the dispensing channel at its proximal end; a buffer solution channel converging with the one or more material channels at the proximal end of the dispensing channel; and a sheath solution channel converging with the dispensing channel at a position located between the proximal and distal ends of the dispensing channel. The print head is configured to displace one or more input materials with a buffer solution at the proximal end of the dispensing channel to terminate the fiber structure with a clean tail end.

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Tamer Mohamed