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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2021
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
John Mundahl, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Benjamin R. Hoenes, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Sriharsha Mushnoori, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Hak Rae Lee, Minneapolis, MN (US);
John J. Laroy, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
In some aspects, the present disclosure pertains to hydrogel-securing structures that comprise anchoring element that is configured to anchor the structure to bodily tissue and a hydrogel-retaining element that is configured to retain a hydrogel mass. Other aspects of the present disclosure include kits that contain such hydrogel-securing structures. Other aspects of the present disclosure pertain to methods that comprise (a) delivering a structure that comprises a hydrogel-retaining element in a body of a subject comprising first and second tissues, such that the hydrogel-retaining element may be disposed between the first tissue of tissue and the second tissue and (b) delivering a hydrogel to the structure, such that the hydrogel is loaded onto and/or into the hydrogel-retaining element and retained in place by the hydrogel-retaining element, and such that the hydrogel is disposed between the first and second tissues thereby separating the first tissue from the second tissue.