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

Claim 15:
16. An implant fabricated by:
receiving first data specifying at least a tissue dimension and a weighting factor W, the weighting factor W being optimized 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 the first data to generate second data defining the implant, the second data comprising a reinforcing matrix formed from an interlaced fibrous structure and designed to provide structural support to a scaffold;
transforming 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 for forming the interlaced fibrous structure, the interlaced fibrous structure having a shape corresponding to a shape of the implant;
using the plurality of node locations to determine a planned weaving or printing path for forming the interlaced fibrous structure; and
communicating information defining the planned weaving or printing path to an external output device for facilitating performance of the subsequent weaving or printing operations resulting in the fabrication of the interlaced fibrous structure.