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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:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Creative Biomolecules, Inc., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C07K / ; C08L / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424486 ; 514-2 ; 514 12 ; 514 14 ; 106124 ; 530300 ; 530324 ; 530327 ; 530350 ;
Abstract
This invention pertains to a synthetic adhesive composition for use in aqueous environments. The composition comprises polypeptide chains having an .alpha.-helical structure in aqueous environments and capable of cohesive and adhesive interactions. The polypeptide chains comprise polar and apolar amino acids, the apolar and polar amino acids being arranged to define apolar and polar vertical spiraling stripes on the helix surface. The apolar stripes allow the polypeptide chains to aggregate into superhelical structures and the polar stripes allow interchain crosslinking within and between the superhelical structures.