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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventors:
George J. Christ, Lewisville, NC (US);
Justin M. Saul, Oxford, OH (US);
John B Scott, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Benjamin T. Corona, Converse, TX (US);
Benjamin S. Harrison, Tobaccoville, NC (US);
Catherine Ward, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/22 (2006.01); A61K 31/27 (2006.01); A61K 31/341 (2006.01); A61K 31/465 (2006.01); A61L 27/38 (2006.01); A61L 27/44 (2006.01); A61L 27/48 (2006.01); A61L 27/52 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01); A61K 33/24 (2006.01); A61K 33/26 (2006.01); A61K 33/38 (2006.01); A61L 27/36 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); C12N 5/077 (2010.01); G01N 33/553 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/227 (2013.01); A61K 31/27 (2013.01); A61K 31/341 (2013.01); A61K 31/465 (2013.01); A61K 33/24 (2013.01); A61K 33/26 (2013.01); A61K 33/38 (2013.01); A61L 27/3604 (2013.01); A61L 27/3826 (2013.01); A61L 27/3873 (2013.01); A61L 27/446 (2013.01); A61L 27/48 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61L 27/52 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); C12N 5/0658 (2013.01); G01N 33/553 (2013.01); A61K 38/17 (2013.01); A61L 2300/252 (2013.01); A61L 2300/622 (2013.01); A61L 2430/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein are scaffolds and methods useful to promote the formation of functional clusters on a tissue, for example, motor endplates (MEPs) or a component thereof on skeletal muscle cells or tissue, as well as the use of scaffolds so produced for repairing a tissue injury or defect.