Graft for promoting autogenous tissue growth
US5573784A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 18, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2015 |
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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 delaminated from both the tunica muscularis and at least 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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