New manufacturing technique for artificial hearts a 'major step forward’

focused rotary jet spinning Harvard heart model ventricle biofabrication

A dual chambered ventricle created with focused rotary jet spinning. Image courtesy of the Disease Biophysics Group and Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Focused rotary jet spinning appears to hold some key advantages over 3D printing and other techniques. Engineers at Harvard think it could represent the future of organ biofabrication.