Graft devices and methods of fabrication

US9295541B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Neograft Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David Wagner · South Pasadena, US
• Lorenzo Soletti · Pittsburgh, US
• Mohammed S. El-Kurdi · Pittsburgh, US
• Jon McGrath · Highlands Ranch, US
• John T. Garibotto · Marblehead, US
• J. Christopher Flaherty · Winter Haven, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 29, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2430/36
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A graft device is provided comprising a flow conduit and a surrounding covering. The graft device is for connecting between a first body space and a second body space. In one embodiment, the flow conduit is a vein, such as a harvested saphenous vein, useful as an arterial graft, for example and without limitation, in a coronary artery bypass procedure. Also provided are methods of preparing a graft device and connecting the graft between a first body space and a second body space, such as the aorta and a location on an occluded coronary artery, distal to the occlusion.