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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:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter M Knapp, Jr, Indianapolis, IN (US);
James E Lingeman, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Robert J Demeter, Mooresville, IN (US);
Stephen F Badylak, W. Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignees:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424551 ; 623 12 ;
Abstract
A method for surgical repair of a diseased or damaged bladder is described. Diseased or damaged bladder tissue is surgically replaced with submucosal tissue of a warm blooded vertebrate to promote regrowth of endogenous urinary bladder tissue.