| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|
| 20080286268 | PROCESSED ECM MATERIALS WITH ENHANCED COMPONENT PROFILES - Described are medical graft materials and devices having improved properties relating to their component profiles. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090138078 | Remodelable Prosthetic Valve - Prosthetic medical devices with delayed valve function and in situ remodeling of a portion thereof are provided, as well as methods of manufacturing the medical devices and methods of treatment using the medical devices. The medical devices may be adapted to initially maintain a remodelable material within a body vessel in a first configuration suitable to contact the remodelable material with a body fluid contacting the remodelable material for a first time period or a second configuration adapted to regulate the flow of body fluid contacting the remodelable material. The medical devices may include a releasable holding member configured to retain the remodelable material in the first configuration. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090317469 | COMPOSITE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX MATERIALS AND MEDICAL PRODUCTS FORMED THEREFROM - Described in certain aspects are composite extracellular matrix material products including expanded collagenous materials in combination with non-expanded collagenous materials. Methods for their preparation and use are also disclosed. Certain expanded collagenous materials can be prepared by treating a first collagenous material with an alkaline substance under conditions effective to expand the first collagenous material, and recovering the expanded material. Expanded materials can exhibit beneficial persistence and tissue generation characteristics when implanted, and can be used in the formation of highly porous medical implant bodies which can be compressed to fractions of their original volume and will thereafter substantially recover their original volume. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090318934 | COMPRESSIBLE/EXPANDABLE MEDICAL GRAFT PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR APPLYING HEMOSTASIS - Described are expanded collagenous materials useful in hemostatic applications. Certain expanded collagenous materials can be prepared by treating a first collagenous material with an alkaline substance under conditions effective to expand the first collagenous material, recovering the expanded material, processing the expanded material to provide a foam, and chemically crosslinking the foam. Expanded materials can exhibit beneficial resilience, persistence and tissue generation characteristics when implanted, and can be used in the formation of highly porous medical implant bodies which can be compressed to fractions of their original volume and will thereafter substantially recover their original volume. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090326577 | PHYSICALLY MODIFIED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX MATERIALS AND USES THEREOF - Described are expanded collagenous materials and methods for their preparation and use. Certain expanded collagenous materials can be prepared by treating a first collagenous material with an alkaline substance under conditions effective to expand the first collagenous material, and recovering the expanded material. Expanded materials can exhibit beneficial persistence and tissue generation characteristics when implanted, and can be used in the formation of highly porous medical implant bodies which can be compressed to fractions of their original volume and will thereafter substantially recover their original volume. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100203023 | ENHANCED COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING CELLS AND EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX MATERIALS - Described are medical graft materials and devices having improved properties relating to their component profiles. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110046576 | TISSUE AUGMENTATION DEVICES AND METHODS - Tissue augmentation devices, as well as methods of manufacturing and using the same, are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a tissue augmentation device comprises an elongate tissue penetrating member and an amount of remodelable material, wherein at least a portion of the elongate member is cannulated, and at least a portion of the amount of material is received within at least a portion of the cannulated portion of the elongate member. The elongate tissue penetrating member may provide at least one deformation that is configured to constrict portions of the amount of remodelable material received within the elongate member. In alternate embodiments, a flexible covering over an implantable biomaterial provides protection and allows an easier delivery of the biomaterial to a tissue tract. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110150998 | Methods For Producing ECM-Based Biomaterials - A method for forming an extracellular matrix material (ECM) material includes providing at least an ECM composition containing ECM particles varying in their capacity for migration through a fluid medium, including at least one population of expanded ECM particles. The ECM composition is combined in a fluid medium to form a flowable ECM composition. The flowable ECM composition is subjected to a centrifugal force in a mold for a period of time sufficient to distribute the ECM particles according to differences in their physical characteristics. The ECM composition is dried to form a dried ECM material having a density gradient extending from a less dense region to a more dense region. The dried ECM material may formed as a porous, substantially acellular ECM material expandable in an aqueous fluid environment by at least 100% in volume. | 06-23-2011 |
