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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1998
Applicants:
Wenda C. Carlyle, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Sheila J. Kelly, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Matthew F. Ogle, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Wenda C. Carlyle, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Sheila J. Kelly, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Matthew F. Ogle, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A polypeptide growth factor is associated with a substrate to promote population of the substrate with endothelial cells. In a preferred approach, the growth factor is associated with the substrate by crosslinking under suitably mild conditions such that the growth factor is active following the crosslinking process. Thus, a prosthesis is formed with growth factor crosslinked to the substrate.