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David L. Kaplan0
Matthew B. Applegate0
Fiorenzo G. Omenetto0
Date of Patent
December 5, 2023
0Patent Application Number
160634790
Date Filed
December 16, 2016
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The present disclosure provides transparent, elastic silk hydrogels for applications, including corneal reshaping to restore visual acuity and photolithography. The present disclosure also provides methods of photocrosslinking silk fibroin protein using riboflavin as a photoinitiator and exposing such riboflavin doped silk fibroin to light resulting in the formation of a transparent, elastic hydrogel.
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