Vascutek Limited

Sulzer Carbomedics Inc.

Sulzer Vascutek Limited

Roshan Maini

Karen Kelso

Richard E Phillips, Jr

Timothy Rawden Ashton

Tim Ashton

Brian K Mcllroy

Duncan M Paton

A vascular graft comprised of a tubular polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) sheet is provided. The ePTFE sheet has a substantially uniform coating of bioresorbable gel material, for example gelatin, on a surface thereof. The coating minimises bleeding through suture holes in the ePTFE sheet and provides an increase in longitudinal extensibility.

Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene vascular graft with coating

A vascular graft comprised of a tubular polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) sheet. The ePTFE sheet has a substantially uniform coating of bioresorbable gel material on an outer surface. The coating minimizes bleeding through suture holes in the ePTFE sheet and an increase in longitudinal extensibility.

Vascular grafts, and methods for making the same, are provided. The vascular grafts comprise a graft tissue derived from a biological source that is enclosed within an external synthetic sleeve. The synthetic sleeve has an extended length that is greater than the length of the graft tissue. However, the sleeve is longitudinally compressed such that it has a resting length substantially similar to the length of the graft tissue.

Tissue-derived vascular grafts and methods for making the same

Fluorinating polymer surfaces

A method of producing a vascular graft comprises impregnating a tube of flexible porous material with gelatinous material which contains a gelatin with has been treated to cause it to contain a predetermined number of amino groups less than that normally present in untreated gelatin then treating the impregnated tube to cause the amino groups to form cross links with one another. The gelatin may be treated by reacting it with the anhydride or the chloride of a polycarboxylic acid.

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