AURICULAR RECONSTRUCTION USING 3D PRINTED AUTOLOGOUS CARTILAGE TISSUE

• Main Authors: DUVDEVANI, Shay, LEVENBERG, Shulamit, LANDAU, Shira
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 07.07.2022
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

An aspect of some embodiments of the invention relates to methods of manufacturing a 3D printed implant, comprising printing a mold of a scaffold, generating said scaffold from said mold, seeding cells on said scaffold, where said generating said scaffold comprises generating parts of said scaffold with different levels of stiffness. Selon un aspect de certains modes de réalisation, l'invention concerne des procédés de fabrication d'un implant imprimé en 3D, comprenant l'impression d'un moule d'un échafaudage, la génération dudit échafaudage à partir dudit moule, l'ensemencement de cellules sur ledit échafaudage, ladite génération dudit échafaudage comprenant la génération de parties dudit échafaudage avec différents degrés de rigidité.