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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:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2018
Applicant:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/52 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); C08L 71/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/52 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); C08L 71/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a novel, versatile degradable hydrogel composition, and methods thereof, with precisely tunable stiffness, plasticity (e.g., degree of covalent vs. physical crosslinks) and predictive disintegration rates degradation, allowing controlled disintegration and release of therapeutic cells or pharmaceuticals and/or in vitro 3D cell expansion.