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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2019
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Jonathan Dewey, Memphis, TN (US);
Michael L. Sutton, Coldwater, MS (US);
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An in-situ additive-manufacturing system for growing an implant in-situ for a patient. The system has a multi-nozzle dispensing subsystem and a distal control arm. The multi-nozzle dispensing subsystem in one embodiment includes first and second dispensing nozzles. The first and second nozzles include first and second printing-material delivery channels, respectively. In another embodiment, the in-situ additive-manufacturing system includes a multi-material subsystem having a dispensing nozzle including first and second printing material delivery channels. Controlling computing and robotics componentry are provided. In various aspects, respective storage for first and second printing materials, and one or more pumping structures, are provided.