Development of an Extruder for Open Source 3D Bioprinting
Author(s) -
Luka Banović,
Boštjan Vihar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of open hardware
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2514-1708
DOI - 10.5334/joh.6
Subject(s) - plastics extrusion , piston (optics) , mechanical engineering , open source , engineering , computer science , materials science , composite material , physics , software , wavefront , optics , programming language
Bioprinting has gained significant traction in recent years due to it’s implications for medicine and research with a growing spectrum of potential applications. The focus of this work lies on developing an open-source piston driven syringe extruder with thermo-regulation, that is compatible with various CNC systems but also provides broad control and functionality. The manuscript describes the construction and evaluation of the extruder, as well as extrusion parameters and tested fabrication capabilities.
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