New patent application published for: AUTOMATED DISPENSER FOR CASTING HIGH-VISCOSITY SCAFFOLD SOLUTIONS

A viscous material dispenser, including an extruder with an inlet, a barrel, and a nozzle, a pump configured to fit inside the barrel, a tube connected to the inlet, a first valve attached to a first arm of the tube, and a second valve attached to a second arm of the tube, where when the first valve is open and the second valve is closed, the plunger is depressed by the source of pressurized air, causing a viscous material to flow out of the nozzle. Further, a method of dispensing a viscous material using a viscous material dispenser including positioning a substrate underneath the nozzle, filling the barrel of the extruder with a viscous material, and dispensing the viscous material from the nozzle of the extruder and onto the substrate by opening the first valve and closing the second valve.