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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10695466 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2019

Modular fabrication systems and methods

Applicant:

Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);

Inventors:

Lawrence Bonassar, Ithaca, NY (US);

Hod Lipson, Ithaca, NY (US);

Daniel L. Cohen, Ithaca, NY (US);

Evan Malone, Ithaca, NY (US);

Assignee:

CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Ithaca, NY (US);

Attorney:

Pepper Hamilton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jacob T Minskey

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); A61L 27/52 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); A61L 27/36 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); A61L 27/38 (2006.01); A61L 27/20 (2006.01); A61L 27/44 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/52 (2013.01); A61L 27/20 (2013.01); A61L 27/36 (2013.01); A61L 27/3817 (2013.01); A61L 27/44 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); A61L 2430/10 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7532 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

The present invention relates to an article fabrication system having a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article, and a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving one of the material deposition tools. A system controller is operably connected to the material deposition device to control operation of the material deposition device. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating an article using the system of the invention and a method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure.

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