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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
Umesh H. Patel, West Lafayette, IN (US);
F. Joseph Obermiller, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Matthew R. Graham, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Umesh H. Patel, West Lafayette, IN (US);
F. Joseph Obermiller, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Clay D. Fette, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Matthew R. Graham, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Cook Biotech Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
Described are medical products, systems, and methods for treating fistulae having a primary opening, such as in the alimentary canal. Certain methods of the invention include providing an implantable material including a compliant sheet form biocompatible material, and forcing this sheet form biocompatible material into the primary opening so as to deform the sheet form biocompatible material to conform to and block the primary opening. The biocompatible material preferably comprises a remodelable material, for example, a remodelable extracellular matrix material such as submucosa.