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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Joseph Cesarano, Iii, Albuquerque, NM (US);
John N. Stuecker, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jennifer G. Dellinger, Champaigne, IL (US);
Russell D. Jamison, Urbana, IL (US);
Joseph Cesarano, III, Albuquerque, NM (US);
John N. Stuecker, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jennifer G. Dellinger, Champaigne, IL (US);
Russell D. Jamison, Urbana, IL (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A method for forming a three-dimensional, biocompatible, porous scaffold structure using a solid freeform fabrication technique (referred to herein as robocasting) that can be used as a medical implant into a living organism, such as a human or other mammal. Imaging technology and analysis is first used to determine the three-dimensional design required for the medical implant, such as a bone implant or graft, fashioned as a three-dimensional, biocompatible scaffold structure. The robocasting technique is used to either directly produce the three-dimensional, porous scaffold structure or to produce an over-sized three-dimensional, porous scaffold lattice which can be machined to produce the designed three-dimensional, porous scaffold structure for implantation.