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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Seoul National University Industry Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Jeong-Yun Sun, Cambridge, MA (US);
Xuanhe Zhao, Durham, NC (US);
Widusha R. K. Illeperuma, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kyu Hwan Oh, Seocho-gu, KR;
Joost J. Vlassak, Lexington, MA (US);
Zhigang Suo, Lexington, MA (US);
Jianyu Li, Cambridge, MA (US);
David J. Mooney, Sudbury, MA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Seoul National University Industry Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The invention features a composition comprising a self-healing interpenetrating network hydrogel comprising a first network and a second network. The first network comprises covalent crosslinks and the second network comprises ionic or physical crosslinks. For example, the first network comprises a polyacrylamide polymer and second network comprises an alginate polymer.