Printing Biomaterials, Proteins and Cells for Surface Patterning and Tissue Assembly

摘要

Printing has been used by man for about 5000 years beginning with clay impressions (cuneiform printing in Mesopotamia) and simple woodblock printing from about 200 AD in China. Movable type, or analogue printing technology has a history of at least 1000 years of use (China/Korea). Digital printing was developed more recently about 50 years ago. The application of these printing technologies to biomaterial fabrication and the production of biologically active surfaces and structures has been called Bioprinting.