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US 10,376,394 B2Granted
Scaffold system for tissue repair
AssigneeBoard of Regents, The University of Texas System
InventorsJ. Jordan Massey Kaufmann, C. Mauli Agrawal, Steven R. Bailey
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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.
Claims9
A vascular tissue repair device, comprising:
- a generally tubular intraluminal scaffold having a luminal surface, an abluminal surface, and a wall thickness between the luminal surface and the abluminal surface, the intraluminal scaffold being composed of nonwoven fibers made of a biodegradable and/or bioresorbable material, the luminal surface being comprised of substantially curvilinear nonwoven fibers and the abluminal surface comprising substantially linear fibers and the abluminal surface being adapted to face and be in apposition to a luminal wall of the vascular tissue;
- wherein the nonwoven fibers in the wall thickness between the abluminal surface and luminal surface exhibit a transition gradient between substantially curvilinear and substantially linear throughout the wall thickness;
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- wherein the generally tubular intraluminal scaffold has an average porosity capable of cellular permeability.
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