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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2016
Applicant:
The Texas A&m University System, College Station, TX (US);
Inventors:
Melissa A. Grunlan, College Station, TX (US);
Dawei Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Cody A. Schoener, Midland, MI (US);
William B. Saunders, College Station, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/16 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); A61L 27/44 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/446 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 2400/08 (2013.01); A61L 2400/16 (2013.01); A61L 2430/02 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0827 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0056 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7532 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of making a shape memory polymer (SMP) tissue scaffold includes forming a salt template and adding a macromer solution to the salt template. The macromer solution may include a photoinitiator solution. The method includes drying the SMP scaffold and leaching salt from the SMP scaffold. A coating is then applied to the SMP scaffold. The coating may be applied either before or after heating the SMP scaffold.