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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2017
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Mark E. Welker, Clemmons, NC (US);
Aleksander Skardal, Clemmons, NC (US);
Amber N. Weissenfluh, Lemon Grove, CA (US);
Surya Banks, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
Described herein are compounds having a hydrogen-bonding group and optionally a functional group for binding (e.g., covalently binding) the compound to another compound (e.g., hyaluronic acid and/or gelatin). A compound of the present invention may have a structure represented by and/or comprising Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, Formula IV, Formula IV', Formula V, Formula V′, Formula VI, Formula VII, and/or Formula VIII as described herein. Compositions including compounds of the present invention along with methods of preparing and using the same are also described herein.