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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Alptekin Aksan, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Allison Hubel, St. Paul, MN (US);
Eduardo Reategui, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Alptekin Aksan, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Allison Hubel, St. Paul, MN (US);
Eduardo Reategui, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/14 (2006.01); A61L 27/24 (2006.01); G02B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/142 (2013.01); A61L 27/24 (2013.01); G02B 1/043 (2013.01); A61L 2400/12 (2013.01); A61L 2430/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are synthetic silica-based ocular devices fabricated from a composite material comprising silica and a fibrillar protein, together with methods of making and using the ocular devices.