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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2013
Lifecell Corporation, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Heather Ansorge, New Hope, PA (US);
Lawrence Lapitan, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Mark Hayzlett, Flemington, NJ (US);
Nimesh Kabaria, Somerset, NJ (US);
Raymond Hull, Hampton, NJ (US);
Wenquan Sun, Warrington, PA (US);
Michael Taenzer, Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Matthew Amato, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Timothy Roock, Bordentown, NJ (US);
Dennis Lee, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
LifeCell Corporation, Madison, NJ (US);
Abstract
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.