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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Kris C. Wood, Cambridge, MA (US);
Helen F. Chuang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert D. Batten, Princeton, NJ (US);
David M. Lynn, Middleton, WI (US);
Paula T. Hammond Cunningham, Newton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kris C. Wood, Cambridge, MA (US);
Helen F. Chuang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert D. Batten, Princeton, NJ (US);
David M. Lynn, Middleton, WI (US);
Paula T. Hammond Cunningham, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 7/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A decomposable thin film comprising a plurality of polyelectrolyte layers of alternating charge, wherein decomposition of the thin film is characterized by degradation of at least a portion of the polyelectrolyte layers.