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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2001
Timur Paul Sarac, Orange Village, OH (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus ( ) for grafting of a blood vessel ( ) and a method of forming the apparatus ( ) is provided. The apparatus ( ) comprises an expandable support member ( ) having inner and outer surfaces ( and ). The outer surface ( ) of the expandable support member ( ) is for engaging and adhering to an inside surface ( ) of the blood vessel ( ). A layer of biological tissue ( ) is attached to the inner surface ( ) of the support member ( ). The layer of biological tissue ( ) has an uninterrupted inwardly facing surface ( ) for extending confluently with the inside surface ( ) of the blood vessel ( ) to provide resistance to thrombosis and platelet deposition.