Patent ID: 11857425
Assignee: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An implant fabricated by:
receiving, by a processor, first data specifying at least a tissue dimension and a weighting factor W;
optimizing the weighting factor W based on at least one an actual anterior width, an actual posterior width, and an actual body width, the optimizing comprising using a root-mean-square error algorithm to identify a value that minimizes an error between desired implant widths and actual implant widths in an anterior region, a posterior region and a body region;
using, by the processor, the first data to generate second data defining the implant, the implant comprising a scaffold designed to replace a biological tissue in a subject and a reinforcing matrix designed to provide structural support to the scaffold;
transforming, by the processor, the first data into a plurality of node location coordinates in a multi-dimensional space which specify a node configuration for a base surface used in subsequent weaving operations to fabricate the implant;
using, by the processor, the plurality of node locations to determine a planned weaving or printing path for forming an interlaced fibrous structure having a shape based on a shape of the implant; and
communicating information defining the planned weaving or printing path from the processor to an external output device for facilitating performance of the subsequent weaving or printing operations resulting in the fabrication of the implant.