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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2018
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Eindhoven, NL;
Paulus Albertus Van Hal, Eindhoven, NL;
Ties Van Bommel, Eindhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a method comprising 3D printing a 3D item, the method comprising depositing during a printing stage 3D printable material and an optical fiber, to provide the 3D item with the optical fiber at least partly embedded in 3D printed material, wherein the 3D printable material during at least part of the printing stage comprises a light transmissive material, the method further comprising providing during the printing stage a light escape part comprising 3D printed material comprising the light transmissive material, where visible light propagating through the optical fiber can escape from the optical fiber via the 3D printed material comprised by the light escape part to external of the 3D item.