Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
7-8-2014
Patent Number
Patent Number 8771582
Abstract
The present invention is a bioactive, nanofibrous material construct which is manufactured using a unique electrospinning perfusion methodology. One embodiment provides a nanofibrous biocomposite material formed as a discrete textile fabric from a prepared liquid admixture of (i) a non-biodegradable durable synthetic polymer; (ii) a biologically active agent; and (iii) a liquid organic carrier. These biologically-active agents are chemical compounds which retain their recognized biological activity both before and after becoming non-permanently bound to the formed textile material; and will become subsequently released in-situ as discrete freely mobile agents from the fabric upon uptake of water from the ambient environment.
Application Number
13/303,319
Assignees
Clemson University Research Foundation, Clemson, SC (US)
Filing Date
11/23/2011
Primary/U.S. Class
264/465
Other/U.S. Class
264/210.1; 264/210.4; 264/210.6; 264/210.8; 264/211; 264/211.12; 264/211.16; 264/211.19; 264/28