Drug delivery collagen-impregnated synthetic vascular graft
US5197977A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L2300/602
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A collagen impregnated vascular graft including drug materials complexed with the collagen to be released slowly from the graft following implant. The graft is a porous synthetic vascular graft substrate having collagen fixed to the graft substrate and cross-linking the collagen in situ to render the porous substrate blood-tight. The drug materials complexed with the collagen fibrils may include antithrombic agents, antibacterial, antimicrobial agents, antifungal agents and the like.
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