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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2017
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Embomedics, Inc., Golden Valley, MN (US);
Lihui Weng, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jafar Golzarian, Plymouth, MN (US);
Omid Souresrafil, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
EmboMedics, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a plurality of microspheres that include carboxymethyl chitosan (CCN) crosslinked with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC). The microspheres are biocompatible, bioresorbable, and biodegradable. The microspheres may be used in personal care products, such as, for example, toothpaste, topical pain relief products, topical antibiotic products, skincare products such as anti-wrinkle products, eczema products, skin scrubs, acne cleansers, exfoliators, body washes, soaps, pre-shave creams, or the like.