Modular fabrication systems and methods
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1. A method of fabricating an article, said method comprising:
- providing 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; and
a system controller operably connected to said material deposition device to control operation of said material deposition device and dispensing material from said material deposition tools, when mounted on the tool interface of said material deposition device, in amounts and at positions on the substrate in response to instructions from said system controller, whereby an article is fabricated on the substrate.
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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. A method of fabricating an article, said method comprising:
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providing 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; and
a system controller operably connected to said material deposition device to control operation of said material deposition device and dispensing material from said material deposition tools, when mounted on the tool interface of said material deposition device, in amounts and at positions on the substrate in response to instructions from said system controller, whereby an article is fabricated on the substrate. - 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, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure, said method comprising:
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providing a data set representing a living three-dimensional structure to be fabricated;
providing one or more compositions including a composition comprising a hydrogel comprising seeded cells; and
dispensing the one or more compositions in a pattern in accordance with the data set suitable to fabricate the living three-dimensional structure. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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