US 11,731,354 B2
Apparatus, system, and method for creating prosthetics
Terrance Bloom, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to Medico Supplies, Inc., Surrey (CA)
Filed by Medico Supplies, Inc., Surrey (CA)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/330,214.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/029,594, filed on May 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0362415 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B29C 64/232 (2017.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); B29C 64/236 (2017.01); B29C 64/241 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/255 (2017.01); B29C 64/295 (2017.01); B29C 64/314 (2017.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B29C 64/329 (2017.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 64/232 (2017.08) [A61F 2/5046 (2013.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/236 (2017.08); B29C 64/241 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/255 (2017.08); B29C 64/295 (2017.08); B29C 64/314 (2017.08); B29C 64/329 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B29L 2031/7532 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An additive manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a cartridge comprising a top opening and a bottom opening, the cartridge configured to accept a material,
wherein the cartridge is tapered from the top opening to the bottom opening;
an extruder configured to extrude the material;
a chute disposed between the cartridge and the extruder;
a z-axis plate attached to the cartridge and the extruder;
a z-axis motor configured to move the z-axis plate in a z-axis;
a main plate having a plate holder configured to accept a build plate,
wherein the build plate is configured to accept the material from the extruder;
a carousel configured to revolve about the main plate,
wherein the carousel is configured to receive the build plate;
a carousel arm configured to move the build plate between the carousel and the plate holder:
at least one pulley disposed between a base plate and the carousel,
wherein the at least one pulley enables rotational motion of the carousel;
a pulley motor disposed beneath the base plate,
wherein the pulley motor is in mechanical communication with the at least one pulley;
a y-axis motor configured to move the main plate in a y-axis; a rotary motor configured to move the plate holder in a rotary axis; and
a computing device having a processor and a memory, the computing device in electrical communication with at least the z-axis motor, the y-axis motor, and the rotary motor,
wherein the memory contains a design and a computer-readable instruction for printing the design, and
wherein the computing device is configured to drive the z-axis motor, the y-axis motor, and the rotary motor in accordance with the computer-readable instruction for printing the design.