ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,775, issued on March 25.

"3D printing head for bioprinters" was invented by Ali Ahmadi (Charlottetown, Canada), Ben Gregory Maccallum (Charlottetown, Canada), Wyatt Norman Macnevin (Charlottetown, Canada) and Emad Naseri (Charlottetown, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A print head for a 3D printer can receive a syringe of printing material which controllably exits through a needle or nozzle. The print head has a misting port through which a mist of the chemical cross-linker flows around the printing material for curing. The print head further includes an extraction port for extracting excess chemical cross from around the prin...