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• Smart Threads

  INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDS, SENSORS AND ELECTRONICS ON THREAD Smart devices have changed how we interact with every aspect of our lives, including our healthcare. Health-conscious consumers utilize smart phones, watches, and even pills to aid in maintaining their well-being. There have even been some implantable devices which can continuously monitor...

  Published: 9/21/2020

  Inventor(s): Sameer Sonkusale, Pooria Mostafalu

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  Category(s): Materials: nanoscale

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• Silk Based Microneedle Patches for Transdermal Drug Delivery

  Researchers have developed a series of silk-based adhesive materials, including silk-based microneedle arrays, which demonstrate excellent biocompatability and are able to stabilize active biomolecules within the silk matrix prior to administration.Download a detailed description of the invention hereIntellectual PropertyUS Publication 2013-0338632...

  Published: 7/27/2022

  Inventor(s): David Kaplan, Fiorenzo Omenetto, Konstantinos Tsioris, Eleanor Pritchard

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  Category(s): Materials, Materials: nanoscale, Medical devices

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• Preparation of Silk Nanospheres and Microspheres from Silk/PVA Blend Films

  Download a .pdf version of this invention hereResearchers at Tufts University have developed novel methods for fabricating nano- and micro-particles from silk. These biocompatible, biodegradable particles are formed under aqueous, ambient conditions and can be used to encapsulate drugs or other bioactive agents. This technology has a multitude of biomedical...

  Published: 6/4/2020

  Inventor(s): David Kaplan, Xiaoqin Wang

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  Category(s): Chemistry: polymers, Materials, Materials: nanoscale, Materials: polymers, Therapeutic: drug delivery, Nanotechnology: structures, Nanotechnology, Therapeutic

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