Patent ID: 11964074
Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 7:
8. An additive-manufacturing system for forming at least one non-woven fibrous implant, comprising:
a robotic subsystem including:
scanning and imaging equipment configured to scan a patient's anatomy; and
an armature including at least one dispensing nozzle configured to selectively dispense at least one rigid material and at least one pliable material;

a controller apparatus having a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to:
send a control signal to control the scanning and imaging equipment to determine a target alignment of a patient's spine;
develop an additive-manufactured printing plan including an additive-manufactured material selection plan based on the target alignment of the patient's spine; and
execute the additive-manufactured printing plan to:
control the armature to dispense the at least one material chosen from the at least one rigid material and the at least one pliable material to form a non-woven fibrous component,

wherein the non-woven fibrous component defines a plurality of randomly oriented fibers further defining a plurality of open pore spaces between adjacent fibers configured to facilitate boney ingrowth between adjacent fibers.