Patents by Inventor Monica C. Branco

Monica C. Branco has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Macromolecular diffusion and release from self-assembled ?-hairpin peptide hydrogels
    Patent number: 8834926
    Abstract: A hydrogel for delayed release of an anionic macromolecule, wherein the hydrogel comprises the anionic macromolecule, 150 mM NaCl, and a peptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1 through SEQ ID NO:33 in an aqueous medium at a pH of 7.4; wherein the anionic macromolecule has an isoelectric point of at most 6.8; and wherein the hydrogel is capable of retaining at least 25% of the anionic macromolecule after 28-day extraction at 37° C. with a pH=7.4 BTP buffer containing 150 mM NaCl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventors: Joel P. Schneidér, Monica C. Branco, Darrin J. Pochan, Norman J. Wagner
  • MACROMOLECULAR DIFFUSION AND RELEASE FROM SELF-ASSEMBLED BETA-HAIRPIN PEPTIDE HYDROGELS
    Publication number: 20100034881
    Abstract: A hydrogel for delayed release of an anionic macromolecule, wherein the hydrogel comprises the anionic macromolecule, 150 mM NaCl, and a peptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1 through SEQ ID NO:33 in an aqueous medium at a pH of 7.4; wherein the anionic macromolecule has an isoelectric point of at most 6.8; and wherein the hydrogel is capable of retaining at least 25% of the anionic macromolecule after 28-day extraction at 37° C. with a pH=7.4 BTP buffer containing 150 mM NaCl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: The University of Delaware
    Inventors: Joel P. Schneider, Monica C. Branco, Darrin J. Pochan, Norman J. Wagner