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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Xiaoqin Wang, Malden, MA (US);
Jon Kluge, Southborough, MA (US);
Gary G. Leisk, Wilmington, MA (US);
David L. Kaplan, Concord, MA (US);
Inventors:
Xiaoqin Wang, Malden, MA (US);
Jon Kluge, Southborough, MA (US);
Gary G. Leisk, Wilmington, MA (US);
David L. Kaplan, Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention provides for a process of rapidly forming silk fibroin gelation through ultrasonication. Under the appropriate conditions, gelation can be controlled to occur within two hours after the ultrasonication treatment. Biological materials, including viable cells, or therapeutic agents can be encapsulated in the hydrogels formed from the process and be used as delivery vehicles.