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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
Xuejun Wen, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Vince Z. Beachley, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Vladimir A. Mironov, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Vladimir A. Kasyanov, Riga, LV;
Xuejun Wen, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Vince Z. Beachley, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Vladimir A. Mironov, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Vladimir A. Kasyanov, Riga, LV;
Clemson University Research Foundation, Clemson, SC (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are composite materials that can more closely mimic the mechanical characteristics of natural elastic tissue, such as vascular tissue. Disclosed materials include a combination of elastic nanofibers and non-elastic nanofibers. Also disclosed are a variety of methods for forming the composite materials. Formation methods generally include the utilization of electrospinning methods to form a fibrous composite construct including fibers of different mechanical characteristics.