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Patent No.:

US 11481886 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2021

System and method of manufacturing a medical implant

Applicant:

Curiteva, Inc., Tanner, AL (US);

Inventors:

Todd Reith, West Chester, PA (US);

Eric Linder, Dublin, OH (US);

Ryan Heskett, Wellington, FL (US);

Assignee:

CURITEVA, INC., Tanner, AL (US);

Attorney:

Fountainhead Law Group P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Dah-Wei D Yuan

Assistant Examiner:

Andrew J Bowman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); H04L 51/02 (2022.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06V 10/751 (2022.01); H04L 51/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01); G06V 2201/08 (2022.01); G06V 2201/09 (2022.01); G06V 2201/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for forming a medical implant using a printing device. The printing device includes a print head having a heated nozzle, a heated build plate for receiving the printed material thereon, and a reflective plate having an active heater. A method for forming a medical device includes extruding a printing material by contiguous deposition to form a porous object having a lattice-like structure. The medical device, such as a spinal implant, may have interconnected pores and different regions, each having a different porosity for encouraging bone growth therein. The printed medical implant may be designed to be patient-specific, customized, and printed on-demand.

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