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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
May. 11, 2009
Applicant:
Asima Pattanaik, Vestavia Hills, AL (US);
Inventor:
Asima Pattanaik, Vestavia Hills, AL (US);
Assignee:
SurModics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Birmingham, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2006.01); A61K 38/02 (2006.01); A61K 47/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are biocompatible and biodegradable polymers which are useful in tissue engineering; wound healing, coatings, and drug delivery, said polymers comprising one or more ECM-mimetic peptides and one or more biodegradable moieties, wherein the moieties do not comprise an amino acid or residue thereof. Further disclosed herein are methods for making and using the disclosed biocompatible polymers.