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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2018
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Per Miles Nelson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jeffrey N. Bartow, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B29C 64/364 (2017.01); B29C 64/232 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B29C 64/232 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/364 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses () suitable for use in 3D-printing of gels from a solution () comprising a polymerizable material dispersed in a solvent are described. Such methods and apparatuses () include features () to control the relative saturation of the solvent in a gas phase region around the gel during the 3D-printing process.