Patent ID: 11938248
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  D | IPC A  B  D

Claim 0:
1. A method for fabricating a fibrous construct, comprising:
electrospinning a first layer of fibrous material;
printing a micropatterned sacrificial template comprising a user-defined pattern for producing at least one channel or microstructure onto the first layer of fibrous material, wherein the printing and the electrospinning are performed on the same platform;
electrospinning a second layer of fibrous material onto the micropatterned sacrificial template, thereby encapsulating the template and generating a construct comprising the first layer and the second layer of electrospun material and the micropatterned sacrificial template;
removing the sacrificial template; and
generating the fibrous construct patterned with the at least one channel or microstructure produced by removing the sacrificial template, wherein the at least one channel or microstructure extends through the fibrous construct.