FIBRETUFF TECHNOLOGY

FibreTuff President and Founder Robert Joyce has been working on biopolymer technology advancement since 2001 when acquiring an inline compounding sheet extrusion line. Through creative thinking, novel ideas and persistence the company has progressed to help lead in sustainable materials and innovative parts in various industries to include Medical, Cosmetic, Automotive and Furniture.

FibreTuff® Technology is an example of hard work, dedication and belief that the product, compositions and process can make a difference.The company is a leader in Molding, Extruding and 3D Printing polyamide and polyolefin with cellulose fibers. The FibreTuff composition shows "bone like" qualities to include radiopacity, good screw retention, cutting and sawing capability with biocompatible ingredients. FibreTuff has been used by Automotive OEM's, to achieve awards at Society of Plastic Engineers SPE - 2015. In 2021, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers SME awarded a 3D Printing Medical Emerging and Enabling (MEET) to FibreTuff at the RAPID+TCT conference.  

Any of the following patents can be licensed from Innovative Plastics and Molding, Inc.

3D Printing "FibreTuff®" 

• MOLDED PARTS WITH THERMOPLASTIC BIOPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS HAVING ORIENTED FIBERS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES AND IMPLANTS. U.S Patent 11,497,837
• CELLULOSE FIBER THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITION HAVING A COSMETIC APPEARANCE AND MOLDING THEREOF. U.S Patent 10,233,309

Molded Parts made with "FibreTuff®"

• MOLDED ARTICLE   U.S patent 7,214,420
  
• MOLDED ARTICLE   Canadian Patent 2,547,523
  
• WOOD COMPOSITE ALLOY COMPOSITION HAVING A COMPATIBILIZER THAT IMPROVES THE ABILITY TO PROCESS AND COMPRESS CELLULOSIC FIBER. U.S. Patent 7,994,241
  

Composition of matter for thermoplastic biopolymer "FibreTuff®"

• CELLULOSIC INCLUSIONS THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITION AND MOLDING PARTS THEREOF. U.S. Patent 8,546,470
  

Composition of matter for thermoplastic biopolymer "FibreTuff®"    

• CELLULOSIC INCLUSIONS THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITION AND MOLDING PARTS THEREOF. U.S. Patent 9,109,118                                            
  

USPTO Registered Trademark FibreTuff® S/N 85/955,521

RESEARCH PAPERS Published referencing FibreTuff

1. Paavana Krishna Mandava, James B. Day, Robert Joyce, Roozbeh (Ross) Salary. Investigation of the Mechanical Properties and Bioactivity of Additively Manufactured Bone Tissue Scaffolds, Composed of Polyamide, Polyolefin, and Cellulose Fibers. Published MSEC and ASME June 27, 2022 https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/MSEC/proceedings/MSEC2022/85802/V001T01A023/1146907

2. Abigail Chaffins, Mohan Yu, Pier Paolo Claudio, James B. Day, Roozbeh (Ross) Salary. Investigation of the Functional Properties of Additively-Fabricated Triply Periodic Minimal Surface-Based Bone Scaffolds for the Treatment of Osseous Fractures. August 4, 2021 

https://asmedc.silverchair.com/MSEC/proceedings/MSEC2021/85062/V001T03A004/1115357

3.Daguan Zhao, Christoph Hart, Nathan A. Weese, Chantz M. Rankin, James Kuzma, James B. Day, 

Roozbeh (Ross) Salary. Experimental and Computational Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of Biocompatible Bone Scaffolds, Fabricated Using Fused Deposition Modeling Additive Manufacturing Process. January 15, 2021 https://pressurevesseltech.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/MSEC/proceedings/MSEC2020/84256/V001T03A008/1095705

4. Roozbeh (Ross) Salary Advance Manufacturing for Bone Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. January 2022

5. Paavana Krishna Mandava, Joshua Blatt, Zachary Preston, Jacob Kirkendoll, Robert Joyce, Roozbeh (Ross) Salary. An Image-Based Convolutional Neural Network Platform for the Prediction of the Porosity of Composite Bone Scaffolds.   IMECE Oct 30 -   November 2, 2022

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