Patents by Inventor Kyobum Kim

Kyobum Kim 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).

  • Continuous digital light processing additive manufacturing of implants
    Patent number: 9688023
    Abstract: A process for additive manufacturing of a resorbable implant to be implanted into a patient includes providing a biocompatible resin including a liquid light-polymerizable material that is resorbable after polymerization and an initiator. The process further includes actuating an additive manufacturing apparatus to expose an amount of the biocompatible resin to light to at least partially cure the exposed amount of biocompatible resin to form a layer of the resorbable implant and actuating the additive manufacturing apparatus to expose at least some additional amount of biocompatible resin to light to at least partially cure the exposed additional amount of biocompatible resin to form an additional layer of the resorbable implant and to at least partially overcure previously cured layers to cause at least some interlayer binding between the previously cured layers and the additional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventors: H. David Dean, Jonathan E. Wallace, Antonios G. Mikos, Martha Wang, Ali Siblani, Kyobum Kim, John P. Fisher
  • CONTINUOUS DIGITAL LIGHT PROCESSING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20130304233
    Abstract: A process for additive manufacturing of a resorbable implant to be implanted into a patient includes providing a biocompatible resin including a liquid light-polymerizable material that is resorbable after polymerization and an initiator. The process further includes actuating an additive manufacturing apparatus to expose an amount of the biocompatible resin to light to at least partially cure the exposed amount of biocompatible resin to form a layer of the resorbable implant and actuating the additive manufacturing apparatus to expose at least some additional amount of biocompatible resin to light to at least partially cure the exposed additional amount of biocompatible resin to form an additional layer of the resorbable implant and to at least partially overcure previously cured layers to cause at least some interlayer binding between the previously cured layers and the additional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicants: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, RICE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, ENVISIONTEC, INC.
    Inventors: H. David Dean, Jonathan E. Wallace, Antonios G. Mikos, Martha Wang, Ali Siblani, Kyobum Kim, John P. Fisher