Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for producing and using silk nanofiber nerve conduits
- Patent Title (中): 丝绸纳米纤维神经导管的生产和使用方法
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Application No.: US13389787Application Date: 2010-08-11
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Publication No.: US09072592B2Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Young Hwan Park , Chang Seok Ki , Hyun Jeung Kim , Sook Young Park
- Applicant: Young Hwan Park , Chang Seok Ki , Hyun Jeung Kim , Sook Young Park
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Lathrop & Gage LLP
- Priority: KR10-2009-0074161 20090812
- International Application: PCT/KR2010/005280 WO 20100811
- International Announcement: WO2011/019211 WO 20110217
- Main IPC: D01D5/06
- IPC: D01D5/06 ; A61F2/04 ; D01D1/02 ; D01D1/06 ; D01D5/00 ; D01F4/02 ; A61L27/36 ; A61L27/56

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a silk nanofiber nerve conduit characterized in that fibroin nanofibers having a diameter of 200 to 400 nm, originated from silk fiber, are stacked layer upon layer to form a porous conduit-shape; and a method for producing thereof, more specifically, to a method for producing a silk nanofiber nerve conduit comprising: (Step 1) preparing a fibrous spinning solution; (Step 2) producing a silk nanofiber of conduit-shape by electrospinning the fibrous spinning solution prepared in step 1 into the cylindrical collecting part coated with polyethyleneoxide; and (Step 3) separating a silk nanofiber of conduit-shape produced in step 2 from the collecting part. The silk nanofiber nerve conduit of the present invention has excellent biocompatibility; allows the body fluid to be exchanged inter in and out of conduit through pores of the conduit, as well; has a proper elasticity, tensile strength, and tear strength. Due to these properties, the silk nanofiber nerve conduit of the present invention helps the regeneration of the nerve injury to recover a motor skill and a sensory function, and thus shows an excellent effect of nerve regeneration. Therefore, the silk nanofiber nerve conduit of the present invention can be used in treating a nerve injury instead of an existing synthetic polymeric nerve conduit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120150205A1 SILK NANOFIBER NERVE CONDUIT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEREOF Public/Granted day:2012-06-14
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