Abstract:
Disclosed are temperature-sensitive hydrogels having a gelation temperature of above about 30° C. These hydrogels comprise diblock or triblock polymers of the type A-B. A-B-A or B-A-B wherein the A block comprises hydrophobic, biodegradable and non-swellable domains and the B block comprises hydrophilic and swellable domains. Examples of such hydrogel-forming triblock polymers are polyvalerolactone-polyethylene glycol-polyvalerolactone wherein the number average molecular weights of the polyvalerolactone and polyethylene glycol are in the ranges 500-10000 and 1000-8000, respectively. The disclosed hydrogels act as delivery matrices for therapeutic compounds. Pharmaceutically useful hydrogel compositions comprising biologically active agents conjugated to the block polymers are also disclosed.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a biocompatible, electrically conductive biomaterial capable of carrying the electrical potential of a cardiac impulse. The biomaterial comprises a conductive polymer and a biocompatible component. The conductive polymer comprising an aminomethoxybenzoic acid (AMBA) polymer. The present disclosure also relates to treatments, uses and devices using the biocompatible, electrically conductive biomaterial.
Abstract:
A biocompatible, electrically conductive biomaterial capable of earn carrying the electrical potential of a cardiac impulse and comprising (l) a conductive polymer such as polyaniline, polypyrrole or polythiophene, and (ii) a biocompatible component such as a polysaccharide, a protein, or a polypeptide, in particular chitosan or gelatin, is described. The material can take the form of a hydrogel, membrane, sheet or mesh. It can be used to restore or improve electrical impulse propagation across damaged tissue or scar region of the myocardium, in particular in the ti treatment of myocardial infarction and arrhythmia.
Abstract:
A biocompatible, electrically conductive biomaterial capable of earn carrying the electrical potential of a cardiac impulse and comprising (1) a conductive polymer such as polyaniline, polypyrrole or polythiophene, and (ii) a biocompatible component such as a polysaccharide, a protein, or a polypeptide, in particular chitosan or gelatin, is described. The material can take the form of a hydrogel, membrane, sheet or mesh. It can be used to restore or improve electrical impulse propagation across damaged tissue or scar region of the myocardium, in particular in the ti treatment of myocardial infarction and arrhythmia.