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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Abraham D. Stroock, Ithaca, NY (US);
Mario Cabodi, Ithaca, NY (US);
Lawrence Bonassar, Ithaca, NY (US);
Inventors:
Abraham D. Stroock, Ithaca, NY (US);
Mario Cabodi, Ithaca, NY (US);
Lawrence Bonassar, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Cornell Research Foundation, Ithaca, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a monolithic biomaterial. The monolithic biomaterial has a primary network of convective flow, microfluidic channels that are embedded in a substrate, where the substrate is diffusively permeable to aqueous solutes. The present invention also relates to a method of making the monolithic biomaterial, as well as methods of using the monolithic biomaterial to facilitate healing of a cutaneous wound of a mammalian subject and of regulating cells.