Patent ID: 8354052
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: B29C,B32B,C08J,D01D,D04H,D06M,D10B

Abstract:
1. A process for manufacturing microconduit network structures, comprising: providing a set of electrospinning orifices associated with an effective amount of solution; maintaining said orifices at a desired voltage to a grounding plane; inducing opposite electrical charges from said voltage to electrify jets of said solution and said jets of solution accelerate to and on said grounding plane transforming said solution into branched webs of filaments; depositing at least one interconnected branched webs of filaments on a carrier substrate; dispensing a matrix precursor fluid into said branched webs of filaments; solidifying said matrix fluid; and extracting or removing said branched webs of filaments from said matrix.