US 12,427,718 B2
Three-dimensional bioprinter having multi-syringe output module
Seok Hwan You, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to ROKIT HEALTHCARE INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/426,819
Filed by ROKIT HEALTHCARE INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Oct. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/014335
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/071007, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0124573 (KR), filed on Oct. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258419 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/232 (2017.01); B29C 64/241 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/25 (2017.01); B29C 64/295 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/209 (2017.08) [B29C 64/232 (2017.08); B29C 64/241 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/25 (2017.08); B29C 64/295 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A three-dimensional bioprinter comprising: a case; a printing chamber provided inside the case and formed to be surrounded by wall surfaces so that an inside of the printing chamber is isolable from an outside thereof and having a chamber door; a multi-syringe printing module including a hollow cylinder portion fixed into an opening of an upper surface of the printing chamber and having an open upper end and an open lower end, a packing plate installed inside the cylinder portion to separate the cylinder portion into an upper zone and a lower zone isolated from each other, a rotary shaft having one end fixed to the packing plate and extending upward, a plurality of syringe holders disposed below the packing plate in a circumferential direction so that syringes are mounted thereon, a syringe holder support portion configured to support the syringe holder below the packing plate, the syringe holder support portion includes: a syringe holder moving shaft having a lower end fixed to the syringe holder and extending upward through the packing plate, the syringe holder moving shaft being height adjustable, and a rotary shaft driving unit configured to rotate the rotary shaft so that the syringe holder selected from the plurality of syringe holders is rotated to an output position; and a lift up/lift down unit having a vertical movement unit disposed outside the printing chamber and connected to the syringe printing module to control lift up/lift down of the syringe printing module.