Selectively polymerizable compositions and methods of use in vivo

US10357591B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tulane Educational Fund · US

Inventors

• Elaine Horn-Ranney · New Orleans, US
• Parastoo Khoshakhlagh · Cambridge, US
• Michael Moore · New Orleans, US
• Jesse Ranney · New Orleans, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 2014
• Grant date: Jul 23, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2430/14
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Otologic materials and methods are provided. For example, a cell-adhesive, biodegradable hydrogel scaffold loaded with time-released drugs for repairing chronic tympanic membrane perforations is disclosed, methods of making same and administering same are provided. This hydrogel may promote vascular in-growth and epithelial cell growth of the tympanic membrane with the purpose of closing the perforation and providing a barrier between the external and middle ear. The hydrogel is initially a liquid polymer that only gels upon exposure to specific conditions, such as exposure to light. This scaffold may simultaneously induce repair of the tympanic membrane while preventing or alleviating middle ear infection, thus filling a void in current tympanic membrane perforation therapies.