US 12,472,152 B2
Molecular entrapment via homopolymer self-assembly
Evan A. Scott, Evanston, IL (US); Fanfan Du, Evanston, IL (US); Baofu Qiao, Evanston, IL (US); and Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Evanston, IL (US)
Assigned to Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US)
Filed by Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/472,901.
Application 18/472,901 is a continuation of application No. 16/942,228, filed on Jul. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,801,229.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/879,637, filed on Jul. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0156743 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 9/51 (2006.01); A61K 9/107 (2006.01); C08G 75/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 9/5146 (2013.01) [A61K 9/107 (2013.01); A61K 9/5192 (2013.01); C08G 75/24 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
 
1. A method of loading a poly(propylene sulfone) (PPSU) homopolymer nanostructure with a cargo, the method comprising incubating the nanostructure with the cargo in a buffer for up to 5 minutes, thereby loading the nanostructure with the cargo.