WO2024084030A1 - Manipulation et transfert d'objets par propulsion - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of additive manufacturing of a material by repeated transfers of particles between a donor substrate and a receiver substrate, a film of vector liquid containing the particles to be transferred being deposited on the donor substrate, and in particular the field of bioprinting.
- the particular field of bioprinting concerns the use of digital manufacturing processes making it possible to organize and assemble in 2D and 3D the constituents of biological tissues with the aim of producing grafts for regenerative medicine or physiological models. for biomedical and pharmaceutical research.
- the general principle of the invention consists of transferring biological objects (cells for example), organic or mineral from a carrier liquid deposited on a substrate in the form of a film and providing an energy pulse to form a cavitation bubble, directly by vaporization of the liquid part in the focal field of the energy source - generally a laser - or via a thin metallic coating forming a sacrificial layer on the donor substrate.
- This cavitation bubble drives the particle(s) located in the firing axis towards a receiving substrate, on which the transferred particles accumulate, as the shots are repeated.
- the equipment comprises a first optical focusing unit placed between said controlled optical deflection means and the film as well as a second optical image conjugation unit placed between said sensor and said separator.
- the sensor is placed in the focal plane of this second optical unit.
- Patent application US2022152925 describes a printing process using equipment comprising an exciter delivering orientable energy to produce a point interaction with at least one ink which may contain non-uniformities and deposited on a printing support having a transparent interaction zone, in order to cause a transfer of a targeted part of said ink to a receiver, the method comprising the generation of a wetting film at least partially covering said transparent interaction zone, followed by the deposition of said ink on the surface of said wetting film and transfer steps.
- Patent application US2020102529 relates to additive manufacturing equipment and method, comprising an orientable energy excitation means to generate an intermittent interaction with a fluid covering a blade in order to trigger a jet oriented in the direction of a target, the fluid being consisting of a liquid vector containing inhomogeneities, in which: the fluid forms a liquid film with a thickness of less than 500 ⁇ m on a blade presenting at least one zone allowing interaction with the laser, into which at least one entrance opens, the interaction zone leading to at least one outlet, the equipment also comprising means for the circulation of the fluid between the inlet and the outlet.
- Patent application US2017225390 relates to a process for additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object.
- the method involves sequentially forming a plurality of layers each of which is structured according to the shape of a cross section of the object.
- forming at least one of the layers includes performing a raster scan to distribute at least a first building material composition, and a vector scan to distribute at least a second composition of building material.
- the vector scanning is optionally carried out along a path selected to form at least one structure selected from the group consisting of (i) an elongated structure, (ii) a boundary structure at least partially surrounding an area filled with the first material of construction, and (iii) an inter-layer connection structure.
- the focus of each shot must be adjusted to take into account the plane in which the particle located in the field of fire is positioned, to bring the appropriate energy into the plane located just under the particle, so that the The energy impulse ensures the cavitation of the liquid under the particle.
- This step of adjusting the focus before each shot significantly slows down the cadence.
- the transfer of the particle is accompanied by a transfer of a significant part of carrier liquid, which leads to a material of low volume density.
- the particles are relatively mobile in the film of vector liquid, and the precision of the shot is disturbed by the movements between the moment of analysis of the image of the firing field, and the triggering of the shot.
- the present invention relates, in its most general sense, to a process for manufacturing a material having the characteristics set out in claim 1.
- a method of manufacturing by transferring at least one object, in particular a particle from a donor substrate towards a target substrate, according to the invention in particular provides a donor substrate forming a surface on which a film of vector liquid is deposited 'a thickness e z in a vertical direction Z.
- a vector liquid contains the objects to be transferred of dimension (D x , D y , D z ). The transfer is ensured by local energetic excitation of said liquid to form a cavitation bubble localized at an object, characterized in that the ratio D z /e z is greater than 1, and preferably greater than 0.5.
- said objects are spheroids constituted by an aggregation of elementary biological cells.
- said values D x , D y , D z are greater than 100 ⁇ m and preferably greater than 200 ⁇ m.
- said energetic excitation is carried out by focusing a laser at the interface between the surface of said substrate and said film of vector liquid.
- said energetic excitation is carried out by application of an electric field.
- the energy deposition is carried out by focusing an acoustic wave at the interface between the surface of said substrate and said film of vector liquid.
- the energy level applied to each shot is a function of the size of the object located in the firing axis.
- said recipient substrate (40) is elastically deformable along the Z axis.
- the method comprises steps of displacement in the XOY plane of an object by application of firing with an energy at least 2 times lower than the energy required for transfer of the object to the receiving substrate .
- the objects to be transferred are spaced by a characteristic distance (d) of value d > 0.5D xy .
- the objects are of a biological nature including cellular aggregates, spheroids, organoids, explants, explants (islets of Langherans), polymer particles encapsulating the cells (organoid covered with a layer of biomaterial), micro-carriers seeded with cells, biomaterial beads.
- the volume fraction or volume density of the biological objects transferred by propulsion within the printed tissue or organ is greater than 30%.
- the transfer is repeated to manufacture a material, tissue or organ and the volume fraction or volume density of the biological objects transferred by propulsion in said printed material, tissue or organ is greater than 30%.
- the process is combined with other printing technologies such as extrusion, inkjet, LIFT in order to manufacture complex materials or fabrics comprising different components.
- the process is carried out by the use of several laser beams simultaneously when the object has a non-isotropic shape in order to guarantee its transfer along a homogeneous trajectory.
- the energy source consists of a laser.
- the blade of the donor substrate is transparent or weakly absorbing at the wavelength of said laser beam.
- it comprises an opto-mechanical system making it possible to direct the laser spot relative to the centroid or center of mass of the object.
- the system can allow the simultaneous use of several laser beams directed at different points of said object in order to make it take off in a homogeneous manner.
- the energy source consists of a generator of an electric field.
- the energy source consists of a generator of an acoustic wave.
- it includes a system for controlling and controlling the value of energy deposited as a function of the size of the particle to be transferred.
- an intelligent object detection system means of automating the steps of placing the material on the donor substrate and the handling/transfer steps.
- the donor substrate is covered by a sacrificial layer having high absorption/conduction properties of energy deposition by laser or by electric field.
- the recipient substrate is not covered by a layer having high absorption properties, this being produced directly in the liquid.
- it includes an optical visualization/detection system for identifying and targeting the objects to be transferred, compatible with a random distribution of objects on the donor substrate.
- said donor substrate is placed below said recipient substrate.
- it comprises at least one other printing means including extrusion, inkjet, LIFT in order to manufacture complex materials or fabrics comprising different components.
- it includes a means for delivering several laser beams simultaneously at the level of the object when the latter has a non-isotropic shape in order to guarantee its transfer along a homogeneous trajectory.
- the equipment comprises a system for controlling and controlling the value of energy deposited as a function of the size or shape of the object to be transferred, this energy being deposited in the form of a single pulse, several pulses repeated over time on the same point or several pulses sent simultaneously according to an XY pattern linked to the shape of the object.
- the recipient substrate is not covered by a layer having strong laser absorption properties to initiate the propulsion process, the absorption then being carried out directly in the liquid layer located between the object and the donor substrate.
- the donor substrate consists of micro-wells in which the objects to be transferred are arranged.
- the system can include an extruder for adding a link to the receiving substrate (40), for example a hydrogel type biomaterial between the layers of transferred particles.
- the equipment can combine several 3D printing, bioprinting and photo-polymerization technologies.
- the optical part of the device is made up of two parts, a part comprising the camera (20) used to aim at objects, and a part comprising the laser (10) used to “shoot”, i.e. deliver pulses energetics in a plane of the donor substrate (30) where there is a particle to be transferred.
- the laser (10) is for example an Nd-YAG laser which emits pulses of 1 to 10 ns at 1064 nm with an energy of 15 to 60 microjoules, significantly higher than the energy usually used for LIFT processes.
- it is constituted by a Ytterbium pulsed fiber laser emitting at 1030nm, with shorter pulses, from 350 femtoseconds to 10 picoseconds, with several tens of microjoules of energy per pulse.
- the lens (16) is typically an F-Theta lens with a focal length of 100mm suitable for laser scanning.
- the typical spot size at the focal plane is around 30 to 35 ⁇ m in diameter.
- the laser beam (14) passes through a shaping optic (13) then is directed via a set of mirrors (11, 12) towards a scanner (15) which will then send the beam vertically towards the donor substrate (30) , via the F-Theta lens (16).
- the scanner (15) is made up of two automated mirrors which will redirect the beam horizontally at a certain angle towards the objective (16). The objective (16) will then straighten the beam (14) so that it arrives perpendicular to the donor substrate (30) and focuses it.
- the scanner mirrors (15) make it possible to control the movement of the laser beam (14) along the horizontal axes on the donor substrate (30).
- the laser beam (14) is therefore focused on the donor substrate (30) and can be directed along the X and Y axes defining the horizontal plane.
- the beam (14) is focused on the sacrificial layer coating the surface of the substrate, for example a 20 nanometer layer of gold deposited on a transparent optical window.
- the second optical part including the camera (20) is the part used for aiming.
- the particles are, in the case of the present invention, relatively large objects, for example spheroids formed by an aggregate of cells, with a diameter of more than 100 ⁇ m, typically 200 ⁇ m to 300 ⁇ m. These objects are distributed randomly on the donor substrate (30); it is therefore necessary to know the position and size of objects to aim them with a laser shot.
- a visible light source typically an LED (21) is placed above the cartridge, and the light beam (22) passes through the scanner (15) following the opposite path of the laser beam. It then arrives at the level of a semi-reflecting mirror (12) which lets visible light directed towards the camera (20) pass, but reflects infrared towards the laser (10). The beam then passes through a lens (23), an iris (24) and an objective (25) before arriving at the camera (20). Everything is aligned so that the focus of the laser beam (10) is in the center of the image recovered by the camera (20).
- the installation implemented by the invention is similar to an installation intended for LIFT bioprinting, with the difference that the energy of the pulses is at least 2 or even 5 times higher, and that the placement of the objects to be transferred differs.
- the objects have a size of more than 100 ⁇ m, typically 200 to 400 ⁇ m or more, and are positioned in a liquid, typically water with added salts to adjust the density, or a solution of BSA (Bovine Serum Albumin) at 2%, forming a film with a thickness less than the size of the particles to be transferred, such that the donor substrate (30) no longer receives a bio-ink, but particles rest partially in an aqueous film not covering them completely.
- a liquid typically water with added salts to adjust the density, or a solution of BSA (Bovine Serum Albumin) at 2%
- the invention relates in a non-limiting manner to the transfer of spheroids formed by the aggregation of cells cultured in the laboratory and presenting the appearance of a small pearl made of cells and extracellular matrix.
- the stem, progenitor or differentiated cells are cultured by conventional methods and seeded in microwells in order to produce aggregates which are then manipulated according to the method of the present invention.
- the LIFT phenomenon is a process which takes place over very short times, of the order of a hundred microseconds, and can be observed by a TRI device.
- TRI (English acronym for “Time Resolved Imaging”) consists of taking images of a phenomenon at a specific time by synchronizing a camera with the laser (10) and an LED in order to take a photo at a precise moment of the jet.
- the three components are synchronized via an electronic card in order to precisely control the activation of the different components over time.
- the camera In order to obtain an image of the jet at a precise moment, the camera is turned on for several hundred microseconds, while the LED only emits a light flash of 2 ⁇ s at the desired moment.
- the LED is positioned in front of the camera, so as to illuminate the jet.
- the images thus obtained show particle behavior very different from that observed in the state of the art with LIFT bioprinting.
- the large particle is propelled without carrying part of the vector liquid by the formation of a cavity bubble in the liquid film at the interface between the particle and the bottom of the substrate, and not on an enveloping volume of the particle.
- the particle emerging from the liquid film it pushes aside the liquid surrounding it, to emerge directly from the vector liquid and reach the receiving substrate with very little liquid transport.
- a donor substrate (30) receiving the film of technical liquid and the ink containing the particles to be transferred, spread on a cartridge which serves as a support for the laser shots. It is composed of an assembly of four stages (31, 32, 33, 34) of glass and PDMS.
- the purpose of the technical liquid is to clean the central area of the donor substrate and to pre-wet the surface in order to facilitate the spreading of the ink to be transferred containing the particles.
- the upper blade (31) of the cartridge is made of Polydimethylsiloxane and has a window (35) surrounding the cylindrical volume receiving the technical liquid and the particles. It constitutes a hydrophobic layer forming a barrier to prevent overflow of technical liquid and ink containing the particles. It has a thickness of 10 ⁇ m.
- a first intermediate blade (32) also has a window (36) and is used for fixing the upper blade (31). It is made of glass, 0.5 mm thick. It also serves to prevent overflows.
- a second intermediate blade (33) stage comprises a window (37) and two microfluidic channels (38, 39), one for supplying the technical liquid and the other for sucking it up. It is made of Polydimethylsiloxane and has a thickness of 160 ⁇ m.
- the lower blade (34) is made of glass and measures 0.5 mm thick. It has two holes (48, 49) at the level of the arrival of the micro-fluidic channels of the blade (33). These two holes (48, 49) serve as entry and exit into the cartridge.
- the lower blade (34) is coated with a layer of 20 nm gold in the perimeter corresponding to the windows (35, 36, 37).
- the assembly of these four stages (31 to 34) forms the donor substrate (30).
- the donor substrate (30) is attached to a fluidic connector (50) shown in , having four channels (51 to 54) on its upper part. Lip seals or valves are placed on these four inlets/outlets (51 to 54) to ensure sealing.
- the holes (51, 53) will coincide with the recesses (48, 49) of the cartridge (50) and allow the entry and exit of the liquid technical.
- the entrance to these two channels is on the side of the fluid connector (50), and are connected by white pipes to pumps allowing the circulation of the technical liquid.
- the two pumps are connected to a tank containing the technical liquid.
- the particles to be transferred are then deposited on the film with a pipette, for example carried by a robotic arm.
- the other two holes (51, 54) of the fluidic connector (50) are connected to a vacuum pump and serve to press the donor substrate (30) onto the fluidic connector (50) by suction.
- the fluidic connector (50) is mounted on a set of three micrometric screws along the three axes.
- the vertical micrometer screw is used to move the donor substrate (30) along the Z axis in order to be placed on the focal plane of the laser.
- the two horizontal screws are used to move the donor substrate (30) along the X and Y axes, in order to target different locations on the cartridge, alternatively to using the scanner.
- Both fluidic pumps are computer controlled via software.
- Several routines are recorded, in particular that allowing the pre-wetting of the cartridge.
- the preparation of the technical liquid for printing is done in two stages. Firstly, a pre-wetting film is made on the bottom of the donor substrate (30). To do this, a volume of technical liquid is sent through the first channel, while the suction channel pump is not engaged. Thus the technical liquid will accumulate on the surface of the donor substrate (30), and cover the entire surface, then the suction channel comes into play while the supply of technical liquid is stopped. Thus the thick film will become thinner but the technical liquid will remain spread over the entire surface of the donor substrate (30), the bottom is well pre-wet. Once this film is ready, a precise volume of ink containing particles to be transferred is deposited with a pipette, which will spread over the donor substrate (30).
- the particle is ejected from the first cavitation bubble, which is much larger than in known LIFT solutions, due to the higher power and the small volume of liquid between the underside of the particle and the bottom of the donor substrate.
- the particle is ejected alone, out of the liquid with a ballistic propulsion phenomenon.
- the cavitation bubble explodes and expels the particle upwards at a high speed.
- a polyethylene particle is approximately 3 mm high, or a speed of 20 m/s. It reaches the receiving substrate (40) almost dry and surrounded by residual splashes of liquid.
- the ejection of 250 ⁇ m collagen spheres is slower than for polyethylene beads.
- the particle reaches 3mm in height in 800 ⁇ s, compared to 100 ⁇ s for polyethylene.
- the transfer of cell spheroids has a behavior similar to that described for collagen because their shape and density are very similar.
- the transfer of an IPSC (stem cell) spheroid also reaches 3 mm in height in 700 to 800 ⁇ s.
- the base of the jet takes 100 ⁇ s to form with a sphere of collagen or made of IPSC. Furthermore, we can see that there is a single jet. In fact, the characteristic crown of the second jet is not present. Between 200 ⁇ s and 600 ⁇ s, the jet is formed from the IPSC spheroid at the top of the jet, and the carrier liquid forms the rest of the jet, still attached to the base. However, after 700 ⁇ s, the IPSC spheroid detaches from the jet, and the liquid falls. The spheroid then continues its flight without or with little liquid, as with polyethylene. The jet breaks up at a similar time as for the bio-ink jet, i.e. around 700 ⁇ s.
- the transfer takes place from the donor substrate (30), the cartridge containing the particles to be transferred, to a recipient substrate (40) consisting of a cell culture plate or a glass slide.
- the distance between the donor substrate (30) and the donor substrate (30) is critical. It must be greater than the duration necessary for the separation of the liquid filament connecting the particle during the initial journey. Indeed, the particles can, due to their porosity and/or their hydrophilic nature, result in liquid which forms a sort of link (capillary bridge) as long as the particle remains close to the surface of the liquid film, and which breaks. from a certain distance depending on the characteristics of the liquid on the one hand and the particle on the other hand. Typically, this distance is a few millimeters, generally between 3 and 5 mm. The distance must also be limited so that the kinetic energy is sufficient to ensure that most of the particles reach the receiving substrate.
- a distance of between 3 and 10 mm is usually appropriate, but those skilled in the art will be able to determine the optimal distance by observing, for example with the aforementioned TRI process, the formation and rupture of the liquid filament forming during the trajectory of the particles. This distance can also be chosen to minimize the speed of impact of the object on the recipient.
- one solution consists of depositing an elastic coating on its receiving surface, for example a 4 mg/ml collagen film.
- Collagen like any other hydrogel, is more elastic than glass and will deform upon the impact of a particle, which makes the shock less violent for the transferred particle which retains its original shape.
- the precision of the laser shot constitutes an important parameter.
- the center of the shot is shifted in the horizontal of 80 ⁇ m offset of the shot relative to the center of the particle, for particles with an average diameter of 200 ⁇ m, the transfer fails.
- the positioning of the laser beam can be ensured by the scanner (15) or by the positioning of the donor substrate (30), for example by action on the micrometric screws ensuring the positioning of the fluidic connector (50) or by laser shots of low powers, for example a power less than half the power required for the transfer, near a particle to be moved in the horizontal XOY plane.
- the sacrificial layer ensures constant and reproducible absorption over the entire surface of the donor substrate. It also makes it possible to check the correct functioning of the laser thanks to the ablated spots visible on the sacrificial layer.
- the use of a sacrificial layer is expensive and time-consuming but above all involves having to change the donor substrate as soon as the ablation rate becomes too high.
- the number of donor substrate required can very quickly become very large, thereby extending the time and cost of producing said tissues.
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- étape 1, après que des faisceaux laser pulsés qui sont uniformément répartis sont incidents sur un élément du système de formation de point lumineux annulaire, la lumière émergente est focalisée pour former un point lumineux annulaire sur une couche sacrificielle à travers une couche de contrainte transparente ;
- étape 2, la couche sacrificielle génère une ablation sous l'action de la lumière et de la chaleur du laser et forme une bulle de cavitation annulaire plasmatique ;
- étape 3, expansion rapide des bulles de cavitation annulaires et éloignement de la solution cellulaire à l'extérieur des anneaux, et parallèlement, poussée vers le bas des cellules de transfert cibles au centre des anneaux sous l'expansion des bulles de cavitation ;
- étape 4, effondrement des bulles de cavitation annulaire et expulsion complète des cellules de transfert cibles par effondrement des ondes de choc générées dans la direction verticale par rapport à la position centrale de l'anneau ;
- étape 5, sous l'action de la gravité et de l'impulsion propre, imprimer les cellules de transfert cibles et la solution transportée sur une plaque réceptrice.
- une source d’énergie orientée vers le matériel à transférer,
- un substrat donneur à partir duquel ledit matériel est manipulé et transféré par des impulsions énergétiques et,
- un substrat receveur cible qui recueille le matériel transféré
- lesdits objets transférables ont une orientation Dx,Dy dans le plan du film et Dz perpendiculaire au film
- le ratio entre la dimension (Dz) de l’objet et l’épaisseur (e) du film liquide est supérieur à 1 et de préférence supérieur à 0,5.
- une partie optique comprenant un laser impulsionnel (10) pour produire l’énergie de cavitation du liquide vecteur et une caméra (20) pour l’observation du substrat donneur (30) et du substrat récepteur (40)
- Une partie automate, avec un bras robot (50) utilisé pour l’automatisation de la manipulation du receveur (40)
- un dispositif microfluidique (31) assurant l’alimentation du substrat donneur (30) avec le liquide vecteur et les particules à transférer
Claims (23)
- - Procédé de transfert d’au moins un objet depuis un substrat donneur (30) en direction d’un substrat cible (40), ledit substrat donneur (30) formant une surface sur laquelle est déposée un film de liquide vecteur d’une épaisseur ez selon une direction verticale Z, ledit liquide vecteur contenant les objets à transférer de dimension (Dx, Dy, Dz), ledit transfert étant assuré par excitation énergétique locale dudit liquide pour former une bulle de cavitation localisée au niveau d’un objet, caractérisé en ce que le ratio Dz/ez est supérieur à 0,5.
- - Procédé selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce que lesdits objets sont des sphéroïdes constitués par l’agrégation de cellules biologiques élémentaires.
- - Procédé selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce que lesdites valeurs Dx, Dy, Dz sont supérieures à 100 µm et de préférence supérieures à 200 µm.
- - Procédé selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce que ladite excitation énergétique est réalisée par la focalisation d’un laser (10) à l’interface entre la surface dudit substrat et ledit film de liquide vecteur.
- - Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le niveau d’énergie appliqué à chaque tir est fonction de la taille de l’objet situé dans l’axe de tir.
- - Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit substrat receveur (40) est déformable élastiquement selon l’axe Z.
- - Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu’il comporte des étapes de déplacement dans le plan XOY d’un objet par application de tir avec une énergie au moins 2 fois inférieure à l’énergie requise pour un transfert de l’objet vers le substrat récepteur.
- - Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les objets à transférer sont espacés d’une distance (d) caractéristique de valeur d > 0.5Dxy.
- - Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les objets sont de nature biologique comprenant des agrégats cellulaires, des sphéroïdes, des organoïdes, des explants, des explants (îlots de Langherans), des particules de polymères encapsulant les cellules (organoïde recouvert d’une couche de biomatériau), des micro-carriers ensemencés de cellules, des billes de biomatériaux.
- - Procédé selon la revendication 11 caractérisé en ce que le transfert est répété pour fabriquer un matériau, tissu ou organe et que la fraction volumique ou la densité volumique des objets biologiques transférés par propulsion dans ledit matériau, tissu ou organe imprimé est supérieure à 30 %.
- - Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le transfert est réalisé par l’utilisation de plusieurs faisceaux lasers simultanée lorsque l’objet a une forme non isotrope afin de garantir son transfert selon une trajectoire homogène.
- - Équipement de manipulation et de transfert par dépôt d’énergie impulsionnelle comportant :
une source d’énergie (10) orientée vers le matériel à transférer,
un substrat donneur (30) à partir duquel ledit matériel est manipulé et transféré par des impulsions énergétiques et,
un substrat receveur cible (40) qui recueille le matériel transféré
Ledit substrat donneur (30) comprend une lame (34) recouverte par le matériel à transférer, constitué par un film liquide vecteur destiné à contenir des objets transférables de taille DxDyDz, caractérisé en ce que ladite lame (34) dudit substrat donneur (30) est recouverte un film liquide vecteur dont l’épaisseur est (e) est inférieur à 2xDz, où Dz est la dimension des objets transférables selon la direction perpendiculaire audit film, Dx,Dy étant l’orientation desdits objets transférables dans le plan dudit film. - - Équipement selon la revendication 12 caractérisé en ce que la source d’énergie (10) est constituée par un laser.
- - Équipement selon la revendication 12 caractérisé en ce que la lame (34) du substrat donneur (30) est transparente ou faiblement absorbante à la longueur d’onde dudit faisceau laser (10).
- - Équipement selon la revendication 12 caractérisé en ce qu’il comporte un système opto-mécanique (15) permettant de diriger le spot laser par rapport au centroïde ou centre de masse de l’objet.
- - Équipement selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce qu’il intègre un système de détection des objets intelligent, des moyens d’automatisation des étapes de placement du matériel sur le substrat donneur et des étapes de manipulation / transfert.
- - Équipement selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que le substrat donneur (30) est recouvert par une couche sacrificielle ayant des propriétés de forte absorption / conduction du dépôt d’énergie par laser ou par champ électrique.
- - Équipement selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que le substrat receveur (40) n’est pas recouvert par une couche ayant des propriétés de forte absorption laser pour initier le processus de propulsion, l’absorption étant alors réalisée directement la couche liquide se trouvant entre l’objet et le substrat donneur.
- - Équipement selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce qu’il comporte un système optique de visualisation / détection pour repérer et cibler les objets à transférer, compatible avec une répartition aléatoire des objets sur le substrat donneur.
- - Équipement selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que ledit substrat donneur (30) est disposé en-dessous dudit substrat receveur (40).
- - Équipement selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce qu’il comporte au moins un autre moyen d’impression comprenant l’extrusion, le jet d’encre, le LIFT afin de fabriquer des matériaux ou tissus complexes comportant différents composants.
- - Équipement selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce qu’il comporte un moyen pour délivrer plusieurs faisceaux lasers simultanément au niveau de l’objet lorsque celui-ci a une forme non isotrope afin de garantir son transfert selon une trajectoire homogène.
- - Équipement selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que le substrat donneur est constitué de micro-puits dans lesquels les objets à transférer sont disposés.
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