OPTIMALLY EXPANDED, COLLAGEN SEALED EPTFE GRAFT WITH IMPROVED TISSUE INGROWTH

The present invention provides a method of making a temporarily blood-tight implantable ePTFE material for improved tissue ingrowth and delivery of therapeutic agents comprising providing an ePTFE material having an average internodal distance of 60-200 microns, preparing a biodegradable hydrogel se...

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Main Author KUJAWSKI, DENNIS
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 21.11.2007
Subjects
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS
CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES
DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS
DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
FIRST-AID KITS
FOMENTATION
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL
ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
PROSTHESES
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Summary:The present invention provides a method of making a temporarily blood-tight implantable ePTFE material for improved tissue ingrowth and delivery of therapeutic agents comprising providing an ePTFE material having an average internodal distance of 60-200 microns, preparing a biodegradable hydrogel sealant also comprising a therapeutic agent infusing the ePTFE material with the biodegradable hydrogel sealant, and curing the ePTFE material.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20060717507