Bioprinting

This TIMed CENTER Core Facility is focused on developing a low-cost bioprinter that offers a high degree of flexibility.

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Bioprinting is currently a rapidly growing field of research. Its applications are extremely diverse.

3D printing in medicine—such as 3D bioprinting for tissue engineering—offers a vast array of possibilities. For example, structures printed with biological material can help researchers better study cell growth in the laboratory.

In the future, however, even complex organs could become printable. Extrusion printing is ideally suited for the macroscopic printing of biostructures. In this process, the material is extruded from a syringe and deposited. Both the syringe size and the nozzle size (nozzle diameter / cannula diameter) can be varied. A large diameter allows for faster printing of coarser structures, whereas a small diameter enables the printing of very fine structures.

Our bioprinter is easily adaptable thanks to its modular design and the use of 3D-printed components.

A key feature is the stationary print head, which works in conjunction with a 3D stage. Unlike conventional 3D printers, the extrusion head does not move, making it easier to integrate with add-ons such as a cell stimulation system or various light sources for cross-linking printing materials.

The available extruders use high-performance stepper motors and can extrude even high-viscosity materials.