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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Applicants:
J. Jordan Massey Kaufmann, San Antonio, TX (US);
C. Mauli Agrawal, San Antonio, TX (US);
Steven R. Bailey, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
J. Jordan Massey Kaufmann, San Antonio, TX (US);
C. Mauli Agrawal, San Antonio, TX (US);
Steven R. Bailey, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); D04H 1/4391 (2012.01); D04H 1/728 (2012.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01); A61L 27/34 (2006.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61L 27/34 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61L 27/507 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); A61L 31/146 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); D04H 1/4391 (2013.01); D04H 1/728 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61L 2430/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for treating a damaged tissue includes an expandable scaffold positionable in a portion of a luminal tissue structure of a mammal; and maintained via stent technology, wherein the scaffold is comprised of electrospun fibers composed of a biodegradable compound. The scaffold serves as a temporary template that allows the tissue to be rebuilt.