Re: [DIYbio] 3D printing medical devices

As far as I remember, the main concern is getting a piezo electric
print head over a heating type, where the heat causes the ink to
expand and squirt out. This cooks cells and proteins.

Biocurious has a project wiki for their bioprinter project:
http://biocuriousmembers.pbworks.com/w/page/48912717/Bioprinter%20Project

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 6:40 PM, William Heath <wgheath@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have been very interested in doing bio printing. I tried to get an old hp
> deskjet printer and make it print a jello like substance but couldn't even
> do that. I am completely frustrated with how to do this. Can anyone give
> me some real help to figure out how to do this for a diybio person? I am
> trying to think of what would be a good approach to developing the diybio
> bio printer. My idea was that I would start with trying to print a jello
> like gel with different colors in the wells to "test" that it is working.
> After I complete that task I would then move on to perhaps printing some
> plant cells or something. I would then like to print cells that are not
> dangerous to work with like human cells. I am curious are bone cells
> considered safe? What cells are appropriate for bio printing that would be
> safe? I keep looking at the makerbot and thinking in my mind, can't this be
> adapted to bio printing? The only thing I see missing is that the platform
> needs to move up and down that is being printed on. Isn't that all that is
> missing? I guess the resolution may not be high enough either. Anyway, I
> would love to get a simple working bio printer up and working, help me ob1,
> YOUR MY ONLY HOPE! :>
>
> -Tim
>
> P.S.
>
> I turn cell phones into robots. I am very familiar with arduinos, laser
> printing, serial communication. You can see my latest robot here:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_q5WD3dTkE
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:12 PM, kingjacob <kingjacob@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You can print in titanium using Direct Metal Laser Sintering. You can
>> pretty much print with any material you can turn into a powder or resin. A
>> friend of mine (papers below) even used a NaCl mixture to 3D print tissue
>> scaffolding.
>>
>> Computer-aided tissue engineering: benefiting from the control over
>> scaffold micro-architecture.
>>
>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22692601
>>
>> Scaffold pore space modulation through intelligent design of dissolvable
>> microparticles.
>>
>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22692605
>>
>> Computer-aided tissue engineering of a human vertebral body.
>>
>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16240082
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've never heard anyone on here discussing printable hip
>>> replacements... it sounds like a bad idea anyway, seeing as how poor
>>> 3D printer plastics fair in strength. Most joint replacements are made
>>> of titanium, etc... Who put that in there?
>>>
>>> It also has really old info scattered throughout, and doesn't mention
>>> anything of the years of FBI interaction we've had
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Bryan Bishop <kanzure@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > The wikipedia articles are still awful.
>>> >
>>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biohacking
>>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIYbio
>>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopunk
>>> >
>>> > At least that last one is somewhat less awful. Anyone want to take
>>> > cleanup
>>> > duty?
>>> >
>>> > - Bryan
>>> > http://heybryan.org/
>>> > 1 512 203 0507
>>> >
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