Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Injectable silk fibroin particles and uses thereof
-
Application No.: US14357443Application Date: 2012-11-09
-
Publication No.: US09931434B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Evangelia Bellas , Kacey Marra , J. Peter Rubin , David L. Kaplan , James J. Yoo
- Applicant: Trustees of Tufts College , University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education , Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Applicant Address: US MA Medford US PA Pittsburgh US NC Winston-Salem
- Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College,University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education,Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Current Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College,University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education,Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Medford US PA Pittsburgh US NC Winston-Salem
- Agency: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
- Agent Brenda Herschbach Jarrell; Brian E. Reese
- International Application: PCT/US2012/064450 WO 20121109
- International Announcement: WO2013/071107 WO 20130516
- Main IPC: A61L27/22
- IPC: A61L27/22 ; A61L27/54 ; A61L27/36 ; A61L27/38 ; A61L27/48 ; A61L27/56 ; A61L27/58

Abstract:
The inventions provided herein relate to compositions, methods, delivery devices and kits for repairing or augmenting a tissue in a subject. The compositions described herein are injectable such that they can be placed in a tissue to be treated with a minimally-invasive procedure (e.g., by injection) and/or be molded flexibly into a tissue void of any shape and/or size. In some embodiments, the composition described herein comprises a plurality of silk fibroin particles, which can retain their original volume within the tissue for a period of time. The compositions can be used as a filler to replace a tissue void, e.g., for tissue repair and/or augmentation, or as a scaffold to support tissue regeneration and/or reconstruction. In some embodiments, the compositions described herein can be used for soft tissue repair or augmentation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140308362A1 INJECTABLE SILK FIBROIN PARTICLES AND USES THEREOF Public/Granted day:2014-10-16
Information query