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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Robert Brown, Middlesex, GB;
Ektors Hadjipanayi, Middlesex, GB;
Inventors:
Robert Brown, Middlesex, GB;
Ektors Hadjipanayi, Middlesex, GB;
Assignee:
UCL Business PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/12 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/08 (2006.01); A61P 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to the production of biomaterials with variable stiffness by subjecting a gel which varies in at least one dimension to plastic compaction. These biomaterials may be useful, for example, for the directional control or guidance of cells within tissue equivalent implants.