Fabrication of tissue products with additives by casting or molding using a mold formed by solid free-form methods
US6261493A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S623/901
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for molding a tissue or substitute tissue product in a mold having an exterior surface, and an interior surface, wherein at least one portion of the interior surface is porous and whose pores are in continuous communication with the exterior surface, and wherein said mold can be fabricated using solid free-form fabrication techniques is disclosed.
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