US 12,270,015 B2
Bioprinter devices, systems and methods for printing soft gels for the treatment of musculoskeletal and skin disorders
Ali Tamayol, Lincoln, NE (US); Azadeh Mostafavi, Lincoln, NE (US); Carina Russell, Lincoln, NE (US); Tyrell Williams, Lincoln, NE (US); Indranil Sinha, Boston, MA (US); and Jacob Quint, Lincoln, NE (US)
Filed by NUtech Ventures, Lincoln, NE (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/659,326.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/748,124, filed on Oct. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0123485 A1, Apr. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. C12M 3/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC C12M 21/08 (2013.01) [A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61M 5/178 (2013.01); C12M 33/00 (2013.01); C12N 5/0062 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bioprinter device, comprising:
a housing defining: a proximal end, and a distal end opposite the proximal end,
the housing including a receptacle for receiving at least a portion of a syringe assembly within the housing, the receptacle defining:
a first opening, and a second opening, through a wall of the housing,
the first opening positioned distally from the second opening to facilitate a removable insertion of at least the portion of the syringe assembly into the receptacle through the first opening, and
the second opening positioned at, or proximal to, the proximal end to facilitate access to a nozzle of the syringe assembly from an exterior of the housing through the second opening upon the removable insertion of at least the portion of the syringe assembly into the receptacle;
a power supply disposed within the housing;
an electric actuator disposed within the housing at a position sufficient to facilitate an operable coupling of the electric actuator to at least a portion of a plunger of the syringe assembly upon an insertion into the receptacle;
a control interface positioned at least partially within the housing and including at least one control device operable from the exterior of the housing; and
a controller disposed within the housing and coupled to: the power supply, the electric actuator, and the control interface,
the controller configured to regulate a flow of power from the power supply to the electric actuator based on signals received from the at least one control device, to facilitate regulating an actuation of the plunger by the electric actuator.