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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2016
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA (US);
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Wolff M. Kirsch, Redlands, CA (US);
Samuel M. Hudson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew Crofton, Loma Linda, CA (US);
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA (US);
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A thin chitosan-based material can be used for biomedical applications. The chitosan has been treated in a nitrogen field by applying energy to ionize nitrogen in and around the chitosan material. A single or multiple such treatments may be employed. For example, the chitosan material may be irradiated under nitrogen using γ-irradiation, treated under a nitrogen plasma, or both. A thin chitosan material can be readily treated by surface modifying treatments such as irradiating under nitrogen using γ-irradiation, treating under a nitrogen plasma, or both.