Cured gel and method of making

A method of forming a cured non-polymeric gel, comprising:

• determining a desired amount of non-polymeric cross-linking desired within an oil or oil composition, the oil or oil composition comprising one or more of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), or alpha-linolenic acid (ALA);
• and
• curing the oil or oil composition with selected curing conditions to achieve a sufficient amount of non-polymeric cross-linking within the oil or oil composition, so as to form the non-polymeric gel, wherein the cured non-polymeric gel comprises a plurality of non-polymeric cross-links resulting from curing the oil or oil composition at the selected curing conditions to achieve the sufficient amount of cross-linking to form the cured non-polymeric gel, wherein the amount of cross-linking is selected based on a desired rate of degradation of the gel after the gel is implanted within a patient.