The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicants:
Phillip B. Messersmith, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
Devin G. Barrett, Evanston, IL (US);
Iossif A. Strehin, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Phillip B. Messersmith, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
Devin G. Barrett, Evanston, IL (US);
Iossif A. Strehin, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignee:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/34 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01); C08J 3/075 (2006.01); A61L 24/04 (2006.01); C08J 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/34 (2013.01); A61L 24/0031 (2013.01); A61L 24/046 (2013.01); C08J 3/075 (2013.01); C08J 3/246 (2013.01); C08J 2371/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention encompasses biocompatible reactants, biocompatible product hydrogels, methods of use thereof, and methods of synthesis thereof using a novel crosslinking mechanism between a first reactant compound including an N-Hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester group and a second reactant compound including a N-terminal cysteine amine group. In certain embodiments, one or more of the reactant compounds may be a macromonomer.