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Graft for promoting autogenous tissue growth

US5372821A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1993
Grant dateDec 13, 1994
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S623/915
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Surgical repair of diseased or damaged endogenous connective tissue can be accomplished using a tissue graft formed from a delaminated segment of intestinal tissue. The tissue graft comprises the intestinal tunica submucosa and basilar mucosa tissue delaminated from the tunica muscularis and the luminal portion of the tunica mucosa. The graft can be conditioned by stretching and formed as a multilayer composition for high tensile strength and resistance to tearing at its points of attachment to existing physiological structures.

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