Patent ID: 11896612
Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. A method of fabricating the bioactive glass-ceramic scaffold according to claim 1, the method comprising:
generating a computer model of a scaffold having a predetermined three-dimensional (3D) structure;
obtaining glass-ceramic microparticles particles, the glass-ceramic microparticles optionally doped with silver (Ag);
adding the glass-ceramic microparticles particles into a binder system comprising a polyolefin, an elastomer, and a fatty acid,
introducing the binder system to an extruder and mixing the glass-ceramic microparticles particles, the polyolefin, and the elastomer in the extruding to form a binder system comprising microparticles;
extruding the binder system as a filament; and
3D printing the computer model from the filament to form the bioactive glass-ceramic scaffold.