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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2012
Basil M. Hantash, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ying Wang, Nanjing, CN;
Basil M. Hantash, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ying Wang, Nanjing, CN;
Escape Therapeutics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes new hybrid hydrogel scaffolds comprised of a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene (block) copolymer (a 'poloxamer') and a self-assembling peptide, which maintain the mechanical and bioactive properties of its individual constituents (as compared to when the individual constituents are scaffolds or hydrogels by themselves). The hydrogels of the invention can include a combination of materials from different origins or with different properties that provides a hybrid material that meets the multiple needs of a scaffold for tissue engineering.