Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Innervated artificial skin
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Application No.: US16314169Application Date: 2017-06-30
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Publication No.: US11298443B2Publication Date: 2022-04-12
- Inventor: David L. Kaplan , Sarah Lightfoot Vidal , Rosalyn Abbott , Siwei Zhao , Dana Cairns , Fiorenzo G. Omenetto
- Applicant: Trustees of Tufts College
- Applicant Address: US MA Medford
- Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College
- Current Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Medford
- Agency: Quarles & Brady, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/040423 WO 20170630
- International Announcement: WO2018/006037 WO 20180104
- Main IPC: A61L27/60
- IPC: A61L27/60 ; A61L27/22 ; A61L27/36 ; A61L27/38 ; C12N5/071

Abstract:
The present invention provides, in some embodiments, multi-layer silk compositions including a first layer comprising silk fibroin and keratinocytes, a second layer comprising silk fibroin and fibroblasts, a third layer comprising silk fibroin and adipocytes, and a plurality of nervous system cells, wherein at least some of the plurality of nervous system cells span at least two layers, and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, provided methods and compositions further include immune cells and/or endothelial cells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200306415A1 Innervated Artificial Skin Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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