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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2010
David Wagner, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Lorenzo Soletti, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mohammed S. El-kurdi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jon Mcgrath, Duxbury, MA (US);
John T. Garibotto, Marblehead, MA (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Auburndale, FL (US);
David Wagner, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Lorenzo Soletti, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mohammed S. El-Kurdi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jon McGrath, Duxbury, MA (US);
John T. Garibotto, Marblehead, MA (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Auburndale, FL (US);
Neograft Technologies, Inc., Taunton, MA (US);
Abstract
A graft device is provided comprising a flow conduit and a surrounding covering. The graft device is for connecting between a first body space and a second body space. In one embodiment, the flow conduit is a vein, such as a harvested saphenous vein, useful as an arterial graft, for example and without limitation, in a coronary artery bypass procedure. Also provided are methods of preparing a graft device and connecting the graft between a first body space and a second body space, such as the aorta and a location on an occluded coronary artery, distal to the occlusion.