Multi-functional hybrid devices/structures using 3D printing

US9517128B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

• Michael C. McAlpine · Minneapolis, US
• Manu Sebastian-Mannoor · Princeton, US
• Yong Lin Kong · Cambridge, US
• Blake N. Johnson · Philadelphia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04R2225/77
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A bioelectronic device and method of making is disclosed. The device includes a scaffold formed via 3D printing. The device also includes a biologic and an electronic device formed via 3D printing, the biologic and electronic device being interweaved with or coupled to the scaffold. The electronic component may e.g., include at least one of hard conductors, soft conductors, insulators and semiconductors. The scaffold may be formed of at least one of synthetic polymers and natural biological polymers. The biologic may include at least one of animal cells, plant cells, cellular organelles, proteins and DNA (including RNA).