Lifecell Corporation

Michael Taenzer

Dennis Lee

Wenquan Sun

Mark Hayzlett

Matthew F Amato

Timothy Roock

Nimesh Kabaria

Raymond Hull

Heather Ansorge

Lawrence Lapitan

Improved prostheses comprising a tissue expander and a graft material are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods of making prostheses and methods of treatment using the prostheses.

Implantable prosthesis having acellular tissue attachments

A prosthesis comprising a tissue expander and one or more samples of graft material, wherein the tissue expander is attached to the one or more samples of graft material in a manner that allows the tissue expander and the one or more samples of graft material to be implanted in a patient as a unitary prosthesis; and wherein tissue expander is attached to the one or more samples of graft material in a manner that will allow the tissue expander and the graft material to separate after a period of time following implantation to allow removal of the tissue expander from an implant sites while leaving the graft material within the implant site, the prosthesis comprises a tissue expander having molded grooves, slots, channels, or other shallow cavity spaces on a surface, and wherein the graft material is within the grooves, slots, channels, or other shallow cavity spaces, securing the graft material to the tissue expander.

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Hackettstown, NJ, United States of America

Michael Taenzer