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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2015
Applicant:
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, New Orleans, LA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas C. Pashos, New Orleans, LA (US);
Bruce A. Bunnell, Mandeville, LA (US);
Assignee:
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/36 (2006.01); A61L 27/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/52 (2006.01); A61L 27/22 (2006.01); A61L 27/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/362 (2013.01); A61F 2/0059 (2013.01); A61F 2/52 (2013.01); A61L 27/227 (2013.01); A61L 27/24 (2013.01); A61L 27/3604 (2013.01); A61L 27/3641 (2013.01); A61L 27/3666 (2013.01); A61L 27/3687 (2013.01); A61L 27/3813 (2013.01); A61F 2002/526 (2013.01); A61L 2430/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to surgical grafts for replacing nipples and areolas lost to disease or trauma with surgical grafts of decellularized donor nipples and areolas and to placing and recellularizing such grafts. The disclosure further provides methods for decellularizing epidermis. The decellularized epidermis can be used as a protective cover for skin wounds.