MUMBAI, India, June 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202648069121 A) filed by The General Hospital Corporation on June 02, 2026, for Additive Manufacture Of Complex Implantable Living Devices.
Inventors include Vacanti, Joseph P.; Hancock, Matthew J.; Oliver, Mark S.; and Spann, Andrew P..
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: ABSTRACT “ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF COMPLEX IMPLANTABLE LIVING DEVICES” A cell-scaffold device includes at least one channel network including an inlet, a plurality of channels include a parent channel having an end portion communicating with the inlet and another end portion communicating with a first bifurcation, forming two child channels. Each child channel has an end portion communicating with a respective end portion of the first bifurcation and another end portion communicating with a second bifurcation, forming two grand-child channels from each child channel. Each grand-child channel has an end portion communicating with a respective end portion of the second bifurcation and another end portion. The other end portion of the grand-child channel either forms an outlet or a third child channel in communication with the grand-child channel. Each forming of grand-child channels defines a generation of the fractal structure. The devices are of use as scaffolds for seeding, growing, and maintaining cells implanted in and/or on the device.
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