Modular fabrication systems and methods
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1. An article fabrication system comprising:
- a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article;
a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving said material deposition tools, the tool interface of said material deposition device being movable relative to a substrate to dispense material from the material deposition tool to the substrate;
a system controller operably connected to said material deposition device to control operation of said material deposition device.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an article fabrication system having a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article, and a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving one of the material deposition tools. A system controller is operably connected to the material deposition device to control operation of the material deposition device. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating an article using the system of the invention and a method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure.
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1. An article fabrication system comprising:
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a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article;
a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving said material deposition tools, the tool interface of said material deposition device being movable relative to a substrate to dispense material from the material deposition tool to the substrate;
a system controller operably connected to said material deposition device to control operation of said material deposition device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An article fabrication system comprising:
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a material deposition tool containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article;
a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving said material deposition tool, the tool interface of said material deposition device being movable relative to a substrate to dispense material from the material deposition tool to the substrate;
an enclosure defining a receptacle for enclosing the substrate in a confined environment segregated from other components of said system and capable of receiving material dispensed from the material deposition tool; and
a system controller operably connected to said material deposition device to control operation of said material deposition device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An article fabrication system comprising:
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a material deposition tool containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article;
a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving said material deposition tool, the tool interface of said material deposition device being movable relative to a substrate to dispense material from the material deposition tool to the substrate;
one or more sensors positioned to detect non-geometric properties of material dispensed to the substrate; and
a system controller operably connected to said sensors to control detection of material properties and to said material deposition device to control operation of said material deposition device. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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