Patent ID: 11957572
Assignee: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A manufacturing system comprising:
a patient interface configured to capture patient cardiovascular data for a patient;
a controller in communication with the patient interface, the controller configured to generate print instructions based on a plurality of outlines sliced from a patient specific three-dimensional model of a heart valve for the patient, the patient specific three-dimensional model of the heart valve customized for the patient using the patient cardiovascular data and a printing profile; and
a print assembly in communication with the controller, the print assembly configured to manipulate layers of polymeric material according to the print instructions into a customized polymeric heart valve for the patient, the customized polymeric heart valve having an annulus and a plurality of customized leaflets extending from the annulus, one or more of the leaflets comprising a customized flow manager microgeometry, and wherein manipulating the layers of polymeric material includes depositing, layer by layer, the polymeric material to form the customized polymeric cardiovascular medical device heart valve using three-dimensional (3D) printing.