Bioelastics Research, Ltd.

Timothy M Parker

Dan W Urry

Paul Glazer

A method for tissue augmentation in a mammal is provided having injecting a polymer at a tissue site in need of augmentation and having a tissue temperature, the polymer having repeating peptide monomeric units selected from the group consisting of nonapeptide, pentapeptide and tetrapeptide monomeric units, wherein the monomeric units form a series of &bgr;-turns separated by dynamic bridging segments suspended between the &bgr;-turns, wherein the polymer has an inverse temperature transition T less than the tissue temperature, and wherein the polymer is injected as a water solution at coacervate concentration in the substantial absence of additional water. A kit containing the injectable bioelastic polymer and a syringe is also provided.

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Odenville, AL, United States of America

Timothy M Parker