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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2010
Mark Duncan, Westfield, IN (US);
Christopher M. Nelson, Lafayette, IN (US);
F. Joseph Obermiller, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Bhavin Shah, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Mark Duncan, Westfield, IN (US);
Christopher M. Nelson, Lafayette, IN (US);
F. Joseph Obermiller, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Bhavin Shah, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Cook Biotech Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
The embodiments described include graft devices for reinforcing patient tissue structures and methods of making and using the graft devices. In certain embodiments the graft devices have a remodelable extracellular matrix material graft body defining a slot and having a portion receivable through the slot to form a closed loop. Such graft devices can be used in encircling reinforcement of patient tissue structures such as anal sphincters or anastomosed vessel segments.