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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harmon Hoffman, Jr, Wyckoff, NJ (US);
Kemal Schankereli, Stillwater, MN (US);
Milos Chvapil, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Meadox Medicals, Inc., Oakland, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-1 ; 623 66 ; 427-2 ;
Abstract
A collagen impregnated vascular graft including drug materials complexed with the collagen to be released slowly from the graft following implant. The graft is a porous synthetic vascular graft substrate having collagen fixed to the graft substrate and cross-linking the collagen in situ to render the porous substrate blood-tight. The drug materials complexed with the collagen fibrils may include antithrombic agents, antibacterial, antimicrobial agents, antifungal agents and the like.
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