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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Kristyn Simcha Masters, Madison, WI (US);
Tracy Jane Stefonek, Cottage Grove, WI (US);
Inventors:
Kristyn Simcha Masters, Madison, WI (US);
Tracy Jane Stefonek, Cottage Grove, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 15/00 (2006.01); A61L 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a wound dressing that includes a patterned gradient of immobilized growth factor molecules that promote directed migration of cells during dermal wound healing. Growth factor is immobilized on a support substrate to present a gradient pattern of increasing growth factor concentration to migrating cells. Methods of promoting wound healing using the patterned gradient wound dressing and fabrication methods of same are also provided.