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AssigneeThe University of Memphis Research Foundation
InventorsANKITA MOHAPATRA, MICHAEL A. HARRIS, BASHIR I. MORSHED, JESSICA A. JENNINGS, JOEL BUMGARDNER, TOMOKO FUJIWARA, SANJAY R. MISHRA, DAVID A. LEVINE, GREGORY MCGRAW, WARREN O. HAGGARD
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The invention provides microbeads comprising chitosan, a magnetic nanoparticle, and an agent, and methods for using such microbeads for the local delivery of biologically active agents to an open fracture, complex wound or other site of infection or disease.
A microbead comprising cross-linked chitosan, a magnetic nanoparticle, and an agent.
The microbead of claim 3, wherein the polymer is polyethylene dimethacrylate (PEGDMA).
A method for producing a chitosan microbead, the method comprising:
A method for the local and temporally controlled delivery of an agent to a site, the method comprising contacting the site with a chitosan microbead comprising an agent and applying an external stimulus at a desired time point, thereby temporally controlling delivery of the agent to the site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.