Patents by Inventor Daniel Dikovsky
Daniel Dikovsky has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11958233Abstract: An inkjet printing method and inkjet compositions are disclosed. The method includes selectively depositing by inkjet printing, layer by layer, a first composition and a second composition onto a receiving media from different dispensers to form polymerizable deposited layers. The first composition includes one or more free-radical polymerizable compounds and a cationic photoinitiator and is devoid of compounds able to undergo cationic photopolymerization within the first composition. The second composition includes one or more cationic polymerizable compounds and is devoid of cationic photoinitiators. At least one of the compositions includes a radical photoinitiator. The method further includes exposing the deposited layers to actinic radiation to initiate polymerization of the free-radical polymerizable compounds and the cationic polymerizable compounds within the deposited layers.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: STRATASYS LTDInventors: Ira Yudovin-Farber, Eduardo Napadensky, Avi Levy, Daniel Dikovsky
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Patent number: 11939468Abstract: Modeling material formulations and formulation systems usable in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, featuring, when hardened, a Shore A hardness lower than 10 and/or a Shore 00 hardness lower than 40, are provided. Additive manufacturing processes utilizing these formulations and formulation systems, and three-dimensional objects obtainable thereby, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Mazi Amiel-Levy, Shiran Lupo, Tal Ely, Daniel Dikovsky
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Patent number: 11904544Abstract: A support apparatus for use in conjunction with an ALM system having a printing head being movable with respect to the support apparatus. The support apparatus a dynamic surface configured to support a printed 3D item thereon during fabrication thereof by the printing head, the dynamic surface being manipulable between a first position, at which the dynamic surface has a first concavity with respect to the printing head, and a second position, at which the dynamic surface has a second concavity with respect to the printing head, the second concavity being greater than the first concavity; and a manipulating mechanism operable to induce manipulation the dynamic surface at least from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Redefine Meat Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Dikovsky, Tomer Katz
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Patent number: 11904525Abstract: A method of fabricating a cross-layer pattern in a layered object is disclosed. The method is executed by an additive manufacturing system and comprises: dispensing a patterning material onto a receiving medium to form a first pattern element; dispensing a first layer of modeling material onto the first pattern element while forming a first open cavity exposing at least a portion of the first pattern element beneath the first layer; and dispensing patterning material onto the exposed portion of the first pattern element and the first layer to form a second pattern element contacting the first pattern element.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Dikovsky, Ira Yudovin-Farber, Efraim Dvash
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Patent number: 11872828Abstract: A method of printing a three-dimensional (3D) color object, layer-by-layer, comprises: obtaining a 3D CAD specification defining a 3D geometry and a surface color distribution for the color object to be printed, defining regions on a surface of the color object; defining colors for each region based on the CAD specification; determining, using the 3D geometry of the specification, conditions applying at respective regions that are liable to cause color variation, such that using the colors as defined at the respective regions may give rise to a coloration error; selecting color corrections defined for respective determined conditions; correcting the defined colors; and printing the 3D color object with the color corrections.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Dikovsky, Stanislav Shtilerman, Yoav Bressler
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Publication number: 20240009919Abstract: A tubular structure fabricated by additive manufacturing from non-biological building material formulations, and featuring an elongated core, a shell encapsulating the core and an intermediate shell between the core and the shell. Each of the core, the shell and the intermediate shell is made of a different material or a different combination of materials. Both the core and the intermediate shell are sacrificial. Additive manufacturing of the tubular structure is usable for fabricating an object featuring properties of a blood vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Daniel DIKOVSKY, Amit FEFFER
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Patent number: 11801630Abstract: A tubular structure fabricated by additive manufacturing from non-biological building material formulations, and featuring an elongated core, a shell encapsulating the core and an intermediate shell between the core and the shell. Each of the core, the shell and the intermediate shell is made of a different material or a different combination of materials. Both the core and the intermediate shell are sacrificial. Additive manufacturing of the tubular structure is usable for fabricating an object featuring properties of a blood vessel.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Dikovsky, Amit Feffer
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Patent number: 11752689Abstract: A method of printing a three-dimensional (3D) object and a support construction for the 3D object includes depositing a model material, layer-by-layer, on a fabrication platform, to print a first portion of the 3D object, and depositing a support material, layer-by-layer on the fabrication platform, to print the support construction, wherein, in a predetermined number of the deposited layers, the model material and the support material are deposited such that a gap is formed between a surface of the first portion of the 3D object and a surface of the support construction.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: STRATASYS LTDInventors: Daniel Dikovsky, Eduardo Napadensky, Shai Hirsch, Evgeni Levin, Yoav Bressler
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Publication number: 20230277322Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing an object featuring properties of a hard bodily tissue, comprises: dispensing and solidifying a plurality of non-biological material formulations to sequentially form a plurality of hardened layers in a configured pattern corresponding to a shape of the object. The method forms voxel elements containing different material formulations at interlaced locations to provide a three-dimensional textured region spanning over the portion. The material formulations and the interlaced locations are selected such that the textured region exhibits, once hardened, a stress variation of at most ±20% over a strain range of from about 0.1% to about 0.3%.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Daniel DIKOVSKY, Blake Zachary COURTER, Ben KLEIN
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Publication number: 20230257577Abstract: A formulation usable in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object is provided. The formulation comprises one or more monofunctional curable material(s); one or more hydrophilic multifunctional curable material(s); and one or more water-miscible non-curable material(s), such that a total amount of the curable materials is 20% or less, by weight, and a weight ratio of a total weight of the monofunctional curable material(s) and a total weight of the hydrophilic multifunctional curable material(s) ranges from 1:1 to 10:1. The formulation features, when hardened, properties of a weak and flowable gel. Additive manufacturing processes utilizing the formulation as a support material formulation are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Daniel DIKOVSKY, Nissim DAVID
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Publication number: 20230240324Abstract: The present disclosure provides an edible meat analogue and a method of producing the same, the meat analogue comprising a plurality of protein strands and inter- strand sheaths material, wherein in at least one sample of said edible meat analogue, the following conditions are fulfilled: (i) the plurality of protein strands are essentially aligned, (ii) at least a portion of the protein strands are at least partially surrounded by the inter-strand sheaths material; (iii) the inter-strand sheaths material comprises at least one component that has a melting point above 30° C.; and (iv) the inter-strand sheaths material forms a network interconnecting between at least two neighboring, spaced apart, protein strands; and wherein said inter-strand sheaths material is selected to provide at least one of the following physical properties: (a) an average hardness of a specimen of the meat analogue, of at least 46 N; and (b) an average tensile strength of at least 0.012 MPa of a specimen of the meat analogue.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Daniel Dikovsky, Jonathan Hausner
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Publication number: 20230225391Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for fabrication of a three-dimensional edible product having two or more edible components. The system comprises a processor configured to receive an edible product design having pattern coordinates, and to provide pattern address signals, a printing mechanism having a printing head with two or more sets of a plurality of discrete applicators, each one of the two or more sets is configured to receive and dispense a different edible component, each of said discrete applicators being configured to receive and selectively dispense, its corresponding edible component onto a printing support bed in accordance with said pattern address signals, and a driving mechanism configurable to control the position of said printing head with respect to a printing support bed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Daniel MANDELIK, Eyal COMFORTI, Sagee SCHACHTER, Gur SHAPIRA, Daniel DIKOVSKY
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Patent number: 11696832Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing an object featuring properties of a hard bodily tissue, comprises: dispensing and solidifying a plurality of non-biological material formulations to sequentially form a plurality of hardened layers in a configured pattern corresponding to a shape of the object. The method forms voxel elements containing different material formulations at interlaced locations to provide a three-dimensional textured region spanning over the portion. The material formulations and the interlaced locations are selected such that the textured region exhibits, once hardened, a stress variation of at most ±20% over a strain range of from about 0.1% to about 0.3%.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Dikovsky, Blake Zachary Courter, Ben Klein
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Patent number: 11667787Abstract: A formulation usable in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object is provided. The formulation comprises one or more monofunctional curable material(s); one or more hydrophilic multifunctional curable material(s); and one or more water-miscible non-curable material(s), such that a total amount of the curable materials is 20% or less, by weight, and a weight ratio of a total weight of the monofunctional curable material(s) and a total weight of the hydrophilic multifunctional curable material(s) ranges from 1:1 to 10:1. The formulation features, when hardened, properties of a weak and flowable gel. Additive manufacturing processes utilizing the formulation as a support material formulation are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Dikovsky, Nissim David
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Publication number: 20230126854Abstract: Methods of fabricating three-dimensional objects featuring properties of a soft bodily tissue and three-dimensional objects featuring properties of a soft bodily tissue or of an organ comprising same are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Daniel DIKOVSKY, Shai HIRSCH, Mazi AMIEL-LEVY, Amit FEFFER, Shiran LUPO
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Publication number: 20230114348Abstract: The present disclosure provides a single or a set of packed protein unit for use in fabrication of a meat analogue product, the packed protein unit comprises at least one elongated texturized protein strip held, in an organized spatial configuration, by or within a retaining element, the at least one elongated texturized protein strip being defined by a longitudinal axis and a cross sectional area taken perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; wherein at least one dimension of said cross sectional area is equal or less than 10 mm and said longitudinal axis has a dimension of at least 100 mm. Also disclosed herein is a method of fabricating a meat analogue product making use of one or more packed protein units disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Daniel Mandelik, Daniel Dikovsky
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Publication number: 20230103463Abstract: Modeling material formulations and formulation systems usable in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, featuring, when hardened, a Shore A hardness lower than 10 and/or a Shore 00 hardness lower than 40, are provided. Additive manufacturing processes utilizing these formulations and formulation systems, and three-dimensional objects obtainable thereby, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Mazi AMIEL-LEVY, Shiran LUPO, Tal ELY, Daniel DIKOVSKY
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Publication number: 20230054944Abstract: The present disclosure provides a whole muscle meat substitute and method for its production using additive manufacturing techniques. Specifically, the whole muscle meat substitute comprises one or more layers of digitally printed protein-containing strands, wherein each layer comprises a single convoluted strand or a plurality of strands such that segments between folds of the single strand or the plurality of strands are arranged in an essentially parallel along their longitudinal axis, the strand or strands comprising one or more bundles of axially aligned texturized protein fibers; and wherein at least a portion of the texturized protein fibers comprises elongated fibers having a length above 5 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Eshcar Ben-Shitrit, Alexey Tomsov, Daniel Mandelik, Nir Hazan, Nina Bochner, Daniel Dikovsky, Jonathan Hausner
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Patent number: 11559936Abstract: Methods of fabricating three-dimensional objects featuring properties of a soft bodily tissue and three-dimensional objects featuring properties of a soft bodily tissue or of an organ comprising same are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Dikovsky, Shai Hirsch, Mazi Amiel-Levy, Amit Feffer, Shiran Lupo
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Patent number: 11549012Abstract: Modeling material formulations and formulation systems usable in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, featuring, when hardened, a Shore A hardness lower than 10 and/or a Shore 00 hardness lower than 40, are provided. Additive manufacturing processes utilizing these formulations and formulation systems, and three-dimensional objects obtainable thereby, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Mazi Amiel-Levy, Shiran Lupo, Tal Ely, Daniel Dikovsky