3D printed medical devices including internal shaping
US11718018B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB33Y50/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods for manufacturing elongate medical devices including internal components embedded between multiple jacket layers. The system including a heating cartridge, a heating element, a filament handling system, a substrate handling system, and a controller to feed and melt each of the filaments for forming the multiple jacket layers. The system may include a single heating cartridge adapted to make multiple passes to form a first and second jacket or multiple heating cartridges that sequentially form a first and second jacket.
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