ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,689, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Lung Biotechnology PBC (Silver Spring, Md.).

"Method for manufacturing low modulus articles" was invented by Peter Scott Turner (Venice, Calif.), Seth Astle (Berkeley, Calif.), Gregory Hurst (Bedford, N.H.) and Kyle Wardlow (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional (3D) article includes operating a print engine to fabricate a composite structure including the 3D article coupled to a support structure, removing the composite structure from the fluid tank, and peeling the inside surface of the sheath away from the outer surface of the article,...