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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Jung Ho Je, Pohang-si, KR;
Byung Mook Weon, Pohang-si, KR;
Inventors:
Jung Ho Je, Pohang-si, KR;
Byung Mook Weon, Pohang-si, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for remotely controlling a sol-gel transition of hydrogels and a method for delivering a drug using the same. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of remotely controlling a sol-gel transition of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-containing hydrogels—three-dimensional networks of crosslinked polymer chains—by X-ray irradiation, and relates to a method for delivering a drug using the same.