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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2020
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Adriaan J. Kuyler, Germantown, TN (US);
Dawin A. Rodriguez Santiago, Hernando, MS (US);
Keith Miller, Germantown, TN (US);
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing parts or devices using additive manufacturing is provided. The method forms the parts or devices, and also forms a transition layer or transition layers of partially or incompletely sintered powder between a build-plate and/or supports provided on the build-plate, and/or a gap or gaps of unsintered powder, or partially or incompletely sintered powder between the supports and the parts. The transition layer(s) and the gap(s) facilitate separation of the parts or devices from the build-plate or the supports provided on the build-plate.