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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2021
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, SA;
Nutech Ventures, Lincoln, NE (US);
Adnan Memic, Jeddah, SA;
Tuerdimaimaiti Abudula, Jeddah, SA;
Ali Tamayol, Lincoln, NE (US);
Azadeh Mostafavi, Lincoln, NE (US);
Carina Russell, Lincoln, NE (US);
Tyrell Williams, Lincoln, NE (US);
Numan Abdullah Salah, Jeddah, SA;
Ahmed Salem AlShahrie, Jeddah, SA;
Ammar AbdulGhani Melaibari, Jeddah, SA;
Asija Memic, Jeddah, SA;
Mohammed Shaaban Abdelwahab, Jeddah, SA;
Mehdi Kazemzadeh Narbat, Lincoln, NE (US);
KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY, Jeddah, SA;
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, Lincoln, NE (US);
Abstract
A filament or printing material placed in a syringe for 3D printing comprising polymers, proteins, and/or functional particles and materials is provided. Methods of treating a bone defect in a subject in need thereof comprising using a handheld 3D printer to apply a filament or the printing material placed in a syringe to the bone defect of the subject are also provided. Methods of fixing or gluing natural or synthetic bone grafts using a handheld 3D printer to apply a filament or the printing material placed in a syringe over and around the defect or at the interface of a flap and the bone. Methods of printing a graft cage for retaining bone grafts and/or bone graft substitute in its desired location during healing for treatment of critical-sized segmental defects in long bones are provided.