Development of 'Multi-arm Bioprinter' for hybrid biofabrication of tissue engineering constructs

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 295-304

  Ozbolat, Ibrahim T ^a,b   Chen, Howard ^a   Yu, Yin ^a,b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Bioprinting; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DEPOSITION; NOZZLES; TISSUE;

BIOPRINTING; FABRICATION TIME; FILAMENT STRUCTURE; HYBRID STRUCTURE; INDEPENDENT MOTIONS; MULTI MATERIALS; MULTIPLE CELL TYPES; THREE DIMENSIONS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84888369158     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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