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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2021
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY (US);
Summer J. Decker, Apollo Beach, FL (US);
Jonathan Ford, Tampa, FL (US);
Todd Hazelton, Tampa, FL (US);
Todd Goldstein, New Hyde Park, NY (US);
Kami Kim, Tampa, FL (US);
Michael Teng, Tampa, FL (US);
John Sinnott, Tampa, FL (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, Manhasset, NY (US);
Abstract
A three-dimensional printed swab may include a shaft defining a longitudinal axis of the swab, and a tip portion integrally formed with the shaft. The tip portion may include a plurality of protrusions each extending outward from the shaft and transverse to the longitudinal axis. A method for fabricating a three-dimensional printed swab may include receiving a digital three-dimensional model corresponding to the swab, and integrally forming, via three-dimensional printing and based at least in part on the digital three-dimensional model, a shaft and a tip portion of the swab. The shaft may define a longitudinal axis of the swab. The tip portion may include a plurality of protrusions each extending outward from the shaft and transverse to the longitudinal axis.