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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2020
Applicant:
University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Francis Badylak, West Lafayette, IN (US);
George S. Hussey, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/00 (2006.01); A61L 26/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/36 (2006.01); A61L 27/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 26/0057 (2013.01); A61L 26/008 (2013.01); A61L 27/3633 (2013.01); A61L 27/52 (2013.01); A61L 2400/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are disclosed herein for producing a mammalian acoustic extracellular matrix (ECM) hydrogel. In further embodiments, mammalian acoustic ECM hydrogels are disclosed that are produced using the disclosed methods. Also disclosed is a mammalian acoustic ECM hydrogel, wherein the hydrogel is thermoreversible. Methods of using these acoustic ECM hydrogels are also disclosed.