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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2005
Lonnie D. Shea, Evanston, IL (US);
Lonnie L. Shea, Brownstown, MI (US);
Kevin Whittlesey, Washington, DC (US);
Yang Yang, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher Rives, Chicago, IL (US);
Laura DE Laporte, Evanston, IL (US);
Jae-hyung Jang, Richmond, CA (US);
Lonnie D. Shea, Evanston, IL (US);
Lonnie L. Shea, Brownstown, MI (US);
Kevin Whittlesey, Washington, DC (US);
Yang Yang, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher Rives, Chicago, IL (US);
Laura De LaPorte, Evanston, IL (US);
Jae-Hyung Jang, Richmond, CA (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to scaffolds containing porous polymer material prepared by a process of gas foaming/particulate leaching and a wet granulation step prior to gas foaming and particulate leaching, particularly having a characteristic interconnected pore structure, as well as sustained release of protein, DNA or cells, and to methods for using such porous polymer material for preparation of scaffolds, particularly for tissue engineering.