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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2004
Ian Ross Harris, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Alexander M. Harmon, Clinton, NJ (US);
Laura J. Brown, Hamilton Square, NJ (US);
Anna Gosiewska, Skillman, NJ (US);
Ian Ross Harris, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Alexander M. Harmon, Clinton, NJ (US);
Laura J. Brown, Hamilton Square, NJ (US);
Anna Gosiewska, Skillman, NJ (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to tissue-engineering scaffolds containing both a microporous scaffold made from a biocompatible material suitable for use in tissue-engineering scaffolds and a nanofiberous, nanoporous hydrogel formed from a self-assembling peptide, where at least a portion of the hydrogel is disposed within the pores of the microporous scaffold, thus providing tissue-engineering scaffolds having average pore diameters in the nanometer range and that provide both mechanical properties suitable for implantation into a body of a mammal and excellent tissue response once implanted in the body.