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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2014
Applicant:

University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61F 2/0077 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0894 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61L 2400/12 (2013.01); A61L 2430/30 (2013.01);
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.


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