Make Easy 3D bioprinting with Makby

The modelling option you are looking for might not be able to be selected?

You would like to switch printheads in the middle of a layer, or you need the bioprinter to follow a specific geometric pattern?

3D Bioprinting

However, the present software employed for generating 3D bioprinted models faces substantial limitations in its applicability.

The current process is cumbersome, requiring users to resort to workarounds involving various applications. This demands a profound technical understanding of programming, geometry processing, G-code generation, and other intricacies.

Bioprinting utilizes 3D printing techniques to integrate cells, growth factors, and biomaterials.

On the other hand, engineering and replicating the extracellular matrix for organoid culture pose significant challenges, restricting the application of innovative multilateral bioinks.

In response to these challenges, Makby is introducing novel tools aimed at streamlining the workflow for developing organoid and organ-on-a-chip models.

Specifically designed for end-users of bioprinters, these tools can be seamlessly integrated into our in-house bioprinting software.

Solutions

Deployment Makby software

Makby is exclusive software meticulously crafted to prepare and optimise CAD data.

Our user-friendly and intuitive interface facilitates the design and combination of 2D and 3D constructs, allowing you to define you printing protocols. Makby harmoniously brings together diverse printing technologies and biomaterials, providing a comprehensive solution for your bioprinting needs.

Experience complete and effortless control over your printing process, from the intricate design of your constructs to the precise definition of your printing sequences. Makby ensures a seamless and efficient journey throughout your entire bioprinting workflow.

Tailor your 3D bioprinting software to thrive in the most challenging conditions.

At Makby, we actively participate in a collaborative process to conduct feasibility studies, employing an «ad hoc design» approach customized to your specifications. We identify the models and protocols that align with your project requirements.

Our comprehensive analysis includes a detailed examination of Gcode scripts, the creation of head-specific commands, and the facilitation of fabricating more advanced print patterns to precisely meet the unique demands of your project.

Our Aproach

Bioprinting CAD and 3D Modeling

Printing Trajectory Planning

Image Processing and Analysis

  • Computational generation of complex spatial distributions of multiple materials.
  • Development of algorithms for generating intricate printing patterns that match the desired tissue structure.
  • Familiarity with different biomaterials and their rheological properties to ensure successful extrusion and deposition.
  • Expertise in generating precise printing trajectories for depositing biomaterials in 2.5D or 3D trajectories.
  • Capability to optimize trajectories to avoid material overlapping, undesired material deposition, and other typical defects in bioprinting.
  • Profound understanding of extrusion-based bioprinting technologies.
  • Ability to process medical imaging data (MRI, CT scans) to create patient-specific bioprinting plans.

Case Studies

BIOPRINTING4HEALING

Is dedicated to creating advanced technology for precise additive manufacturing of cutaneous constructs, contributing to sustainable therapies for combating chronic wounds.

In collaboration with Vicomtech, Makby has developed a versatile set of 3D bioprinting software applications for the creation of patches with diverse patterns that govern factors such as porosity and internal structure. Additionally, the software regulates the movement parameters and printing temperatures of the print tools.

This innovative software application offers users a wider array of options and mechanisms for printing diverse patterns, ensuring the production of patches specifically designed to aid in the healing of wounds.

Produces an intelligent, multifunctional, and cost-effective 3D-printed wound dressing designed for the treatment of chronic wounds (CW). This innovative dressing aims to manage bacterial infection and inflammation, alleviate skin tension, and promote the stimulation of healing.

Within FORCE REPAIR, Vicomtech, through Makby has developed a user friendly control software and graphical user interface (GUI) tailored to hardware specifications. This software enables the parameterization of the 3D model for the wound dressing, facilitating the distribution of materials in three dimensions. Users can configure the internal structure (infill) of each region independently. Additionally, the software generates 3D printing trajectories (GCODE) necessary for fabricating the model using a customized bioprinter.

Vicomtech is a partner in the FORCE REPAIR project.

FORCE REPAIR is an initiative funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement N° 101092243.

Who we are

We help scientist to shape the Future of Health

Makby is a spin-off of Vicomtech, established in response to research needs to find novel tools that facilitate non-expert users in 3D bioprinting.

Vicomtech is a BRTA partner technology center located in the North of Spain, whose mission is to respond to the needs of Applied Research, Development and Innovation in Information Technology, especially the convergence ofComputer Graphics and Computer Vision (VisualComputing), Data Analytics & Intelligence, InteractiveDigital Media and Language Technologies, of the companies and institutions in their environment, to face the new economic and social challenges, improving their competitiveness in a global market.

Contact us

Your opinion is important for us, let us know your feedback

  • What type of models/structures are most requested in your facilities?
  • What software for 3D bioprinting are you using?
  • Do you use (CAD/CAM) 3rd party tools to generate themodels or g-code files for your application?
  • What are some emerging trends or advancements in3D bioprinting software that you find particularlyexciting or promising?
  • Does your bioprinter accept external g-codes?
  • Is your software too complex/cumbersome to use?

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