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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Orhun K. Muratoglu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Hatice Bodugoz-Senturk, Boston, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides creep resistant, lubricious and tough PVA-PAAm-hydrogels, creep resistant, lubricious, tough PVA-PAAm-hydrogel-containing compositions, and methods of making the same. The invention also provides methods of implanting or administering the creep resistant, lubricious and tough PVA-PAAm-hydrogels, or the PVA-PAAm-hydrogel-containing compositions to treat a subject in need. Methods of cross-linking pre-solidified or pre-gelled hydrogel particles and making cross-linked PVA-PAAm-hydrogels, and cross-linked PVA-PAAm-hydrogel-containing compositions also are disclosed herein.