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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2014
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
Cato T. Laurencin, Avon, CT (US);
Shaun W. McLaughlin, Farmington, CT (US);
James Veronick, Durham, CT (US);
Yusuf Kahn, Hamden, CT (US);
Lakshmi S. Nair, Avon, CT (US);
David J. Goldhamer, Storrs, CT (US);
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A biphasic scaffold and devices and methods for making the scaffold are disclosed. An example scaffold may include (a) a first plurality of randomly-oriented nanofibers defining a first tab region, (b) a second plurality of randomly-oriented nanofibers defining a second tab region, and (c) a plurality of aligned nanofibers coupled to and extending between the first tab region and the second tab region, where the plurality of aligned nanofibers are suspended between the first tab region and the second tab region.