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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Biotronik Ag, Buelach, CH;
Inventors:
Alexander Rzany, Nuremberg, DE;
Wilhelm Erdbruegger, Dortmund, DE;
Tobias Kissling, Bern, CH;
Tobias Igelspacher, Erlangen, DE;
Bernhard Hensel, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
BIOTRONIK AG, Buelach, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/36 (2006.01); A61L 27/24 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/3633 (2013.01); A61L 27/24 (2013.01); A61L 27/3687 (2013.01); A61L 27/507 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 2430/20 (2013.01); A61L 2430/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Medical material and a method for preparing a biological tissue for a medical application are provided. The material is useful as a sealing element in a heart valve prosthesis. A method includes decellularizing the biological tissue by decellularizing solution to obtain an acellular extracellular matrix, solubilizing the extracellular matrix of the biological tissue, and crosslinking collagen fibers of the solubilized extracellular matrix.