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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Tufts University, Medford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Stephanie L. McNamara, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Benjamin P. Partlow, Winchester, MA (US);
David L. Kaplan, Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
Tufts University, Medford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/46 (2006.01); A61L 27/38 (2006.01); A61L 27/22 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); C07K 14/435 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/46 (2013.01); A61L 27/227 (2013.01); A61L 27/3821 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); C07K 14/43586 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); A61L 2430/02 (2013.01); A61L 2430/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides, among other things, a silk ceramic material having enzymatically cross-linked amino acid side chains to generate injectable and flexible foam ceramics. Provided are compositions and methods of producing soft, flexible ceramic foam with silk polymeric crosslinking to serve as binders. Materials have applications in osteochondral and dental replacement and repair.