US Patent Issued to CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY on Sept. 9 for "Modification of rheology and machine pathing for improved 3D printing of soft materials" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,602, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh).

"Modification of rheology and machine pathing for improved 3D printing of soft materials" was invented by Adam Walter Feinberg (Pittsburgh) and Maria Stang (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for additive manufacturing are provided herein. The method comprises depositing a structure material, by a nozzle (810), into a support material (808) by applying to the structure material such that the structure material flows through the nozzle. The structure material comprises a polymer and a rheological modifier. Depositing of the str...