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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
William G. Austen, Jr., Weston, MA (US);
Michael McCormack, Medford, MA (US);
Robert W. Redmond, Lancaster, MA (US);
Irene E. Kochevar, Boston, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
One aspect of the invention provides a method of preventing or reducing stenosis in a subject. The method includes implanting a passivated graft comprising vein into an artery. The implanting of the graft replaces and/or bypasses a diseased segment of the artery. The passivated graft including vein is prepared by exposing the exterior surface of the passivated graft comprising vein to a tissue structure stabilizing agent ('TSSA') under conditions sufficient to promote cross-linking of proteins within the vein.