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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2015
S.m. Scienzia Machinale S.r.l., Cascina, IT;
S.M. Scienzia Machinale S.R.L., Cascina, IT;
Abstract
An apparatus for making a biocompatible three-dimensional object including at least one delivery unit arranged to deliver at least one biocompatible fluid substance towards a 3D mold having a matrix surface to obtain a coating layer of a predetermined thickness configured for coating the matrix surface. The three-dimensional object may be a heart valve. Furthermore, a handling unit is provided arranged to provide a relative movement according to at least 3 degrees of freedom between the 3D mold and each delivery unit. The 3D mold is arranged to be coated by the delivered biocompatible fluid substance, in order to obtain a three-dimensional object having an object surface copying the matrix surface of the support body.