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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dan W Urry, Birmingham, AL (US);
Assignee:
UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-1 ; 623 11 ; 623 12 ; 623 66 ; 530323 ;
Abstract
A vascular prosthetic material having at least one layer containing an elastomeric material capable of reversibly contracting and relaxing by an inverse temperature transition. The vascular prosthetic material matches the compliance and elasticity of vessels replaced, and is biocompatible and biodegradable. The material may also have incorporated therein chemotactic peptides and cell attachment sequences.