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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Applicants:
Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
David L. Kaplan, Concord, MA (US);
Markus J. Buehler, Boxford, MA (US);
Shengjie Ling, Allston, MA (US);
Assignees:
Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 69/14 (2006.01); D01B 7/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/36 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); A61L 27/46 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B01D 69/12 (2006.01); B01D 71/02 (2006.01); B01D 71/74 (2006.01); C02F 1/44 (2006.01); C02F 101/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 69/144 (2013.01); A61L 27/3604 (2013.01); A61L 27/46 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); B01D 67/0079 (2013.01); B01D 69/12 (2013.01); B01D 71/02 (2013.01); B01D 71/74 (2013.01); C02F 1/44 (2013.01); D01B 7/00 (2013.01); A61L 2400/12 (2013.01); C02F 2101/22 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24996 (2015.04); Y10T 428/24998 (2015.04); Y10T 428/249953 (2015.04); Y10T 428/249954 (2015.04); Y10T 428/249964 (2015.04); Y10T 428/249979 (2015.04); Y10T 428/249981 (2015.04);
Abstract
The present invention provides, inter alia, compositions including at least one pliable layer comprising a plurality of silk fibroin nanofibrils, and at least one rigid layer comprising a plurality of mineral crystals, wherein each rigid layer is associated with at least one pliable layer, as well as methods for the production and use thereof.