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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. 13, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2018
Applicant:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Sankaran Thayumanavan, Amherst, MA (US);
Jiaming Zhuang, Amherst, MA (US);
Assignee:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/55 (2017.01); A61K 47/69 (2017.01); B82Y 5/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/55 (2017.08); A61K 47/6931 (2017.08); B82Y 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides polymers and polymer-based nano-structures, in particular, polymers and polymer network to which biomolecules (e.g., proteins, antibodies, peptide aptamers) can be covalently conjugated and stably encapsulated therein and be controllably delivered and released upon degradation of the nano-structures in response to specific microenvironment, and compositions and methods of preparation and use thereof.