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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Daniel D. Carson, Houston, TX (US);
Mary C. Farach-carson, Houston, TX (US);
Margaret French, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald Gomes, West Chester, PA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel D. Carson, Houston, TX (US);
Mary C. Farach-Carson, Houston, TX (US);
Margaret French, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald Gomes, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
University of Delaware, Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/39 (2006.01); A61K 31/726 (2006.01); A61K 38/18 (2006.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01); C07K 14/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device comprising a scaffold coated with a protein having at least 83% identity to the amino acid sequence of the core protein of domain I of a mammalian perlecan, wherein at least one glycosaminoglycan is attached to the protein is described. The device may be used in vitro or in vivo to induce replication and/or differentiation of connective tissue cells and to repair tissue.