US Patent Issued to The Chinese University of Hong Kong on Feb. 17 for "3D physical replica of a cardiac structure and a method for manufacturing the same" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,495, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong).

"3D physical replica of a cardiac structure and a method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Pui Wai Lee (Hong Kong), Ka Wai Kwok (Hong Kong) and Kwok Leung Chan (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a 3D physical replica of a cardiac structure or a vascular structure and a method for manufacturing the same. According to an embodiment, a method for manufacturing a 3D physical replica of a cardiac structure comprises: printing an inner mold according to a 3D model of the cardiac structure; casting a biomimetic material on ...