Patent ID: 11897202
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 1, wherein:
the 3D printer comprises a heating element and a cooling element; and
causing the 3D printer to form the patient-specific bone implant from the 3D image using the thermoplastic polymer by modifying the printing temperature of the 3D printer during printing such that each portion of the patient-specific bone implant is produced at the temperature that corresponds to the desired density defined by the radiodensity data for the bone comprises causing each of the cooling element and the heating element to cooperate to heat the thermoplastic polymer composition to the temperature that corresponds to the desired density defined by the radiodensity data during 3D printing of each portion of the patient-specific bone implant.