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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:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Inventors:
David L. Kaplan, Concord, MA (US);
Tuna Yucel, Medford, MA (US);
Xiaoqin Wang, Winchester, MA (US);
Michael Lovett, Peabody, MA (US);
Assignee:
Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/16 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/13 (2006.01); C07K 16/22 (2006.01); A61K 47/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/1682 (2013.01); A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 9/1617 (2013.01); A61K 9/1658 (2013.01); A61K 31/13 (2013.01); C07K 16/22 (2013.01); A61K 47/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein relates to methods and compositions for preparing a silk microsphere and the resulting silk microsphere. In some embodiments, the methods and compositions described herein are all aqueous, which can be used for encapsulating an active agent in a silk microsphere, while maintaining activity of the active agent during processing. In some embodiments, the resulting silk microsphere can be used for sustained delivery of an active agent encapsulated therein.