Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additive manufacturing system, method and corresponding components for making elastomeric structures
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Application No.: US16681096Application Date: 2019-11-12
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Publication No.: US11312071B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Sigurdur Asgeirsson , Jiri Dlab , Larus Sigfusson
- Applicant: Ossur Iceland ehf
- Applicant Address: IS Reykjavik
- Assignee: Ossur Iceland ehf
- Current Assignee: Ossur Iceland ehf
- Current Assignee Address: IS Reykjavik
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Main IPC: B29C64/209
- IPC: B29C64/209 ; B29C64/118 ; B29C64/245 ; B29C64/255 ; B29C64/295 ; B29C64/343 ; B29C64/227 ; A61F2/30 ; A61F2/78 ; A61F2/80 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y40/00

Abstract:
A system for additive manufacturing a medical device, the system comprising a first dispensing system, a second dispensing system, a deposition apparatus, and a deposition substrate on a surface of which the deposition apparatus is configured to deposit at least one elastomeric material into a filament. The deposition apparatus receives the at least one elastomeric material from the first and second dispensing systems in proportions effecting a desired property in the medical device. The deposition apparatus may comprise heating and/or cooling elements, a sonic vibration module, and/or a pneumatic suck-back valve. The deposition substrate may have a configuration corresponding to a desired shape of the medical device and is configured to rotate and/or translate relative to the deposition apparatus. The system comprises a controller configured to control the deposition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200147875A1 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, METHOD AND CORRESPONDING COMPONENTS FOR MAKING ELASTOMERIC STRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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