Patents by Inventor Scott E. Wharram

Scott E. Wharram 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).

  • Electrospun silk material systems for wound healing
    Patent number: 8728498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the processes of preparing silkfibroin/polyethylene oxide blended materials, and the resulting materials thereof, which are suitable for biomedical applications such as wound healing. In particular, the electrospun silk fibroin/PEO mats with a silk:PEO blend ratio of 2:1 to 4:1, treated with controlled evaporation, constraint-drying techniques, and/or alcohol treatment, and/or PEO extraction, demonstrate suitable physical and biofunctional properties, such as fiber structure, topography, absorption, water vapor transmission rates, oxygen permeation, and biodegradability, relevant to biomaterial systems with utility for wound dressings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhang, David L. Kaplan, Scott E. Wharram, Stephen McCarthy
  • ELECTROSPUN SILK MATERIAL SYSTEMS FOR WOUND HEALING
    Publication number: 20120171256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the processes of preparing silkfibroin/polyethylene oxide blended materials, and the resulting materials thereof, which are suitable for biomedical applications such as wound healing. In particular, the electrospun silk fibroin/PEO mats with a silk:PEO blend ratio of 2:1 to 4:1, treated with controlled evaporation, constraint-drying techniques, and/or alcohol treatment, and/or PEO extraction, demonstrate suitable physical and biofunctional properties, such as fiber structure, topography, absorption, water vapor transmission rates, oxygen permeation, and biodegradability, relevant to biomaterial systems with utility for wound dressings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION, INC., TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhang, David L. Kaplan, Scott E. Wharram, Stephen McCarthy