US 12,419,995 B2Granted

Meningeal repair using human umbilical cord patches

OwnerRamesha Papanna, Lovepreet K. Mann +1inventors

InventorsRamesha Papanna, Lovepreet K. Mann, Stephen A. Fletcher

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In one embodiment, a method for performing meningeal repair includes closing an open meningeal defect with a human umbilical cord meningeal patch.

Dependent claims

A method for performing meningeal repair, the method comprising:

closing an open meningeal defect with a human umbilical cord meningeal patch by covering the open meningeal defect with the human umbilical cord meningeal patch and suturing the human umbilical cord meningeal patch to the meninges, wherein the human umbilical cord meningeal patch comprises an outer sheath of a cryopreserved human umbilical cord.

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A61L 27/3604
Containing ingredients of undetermined constitution or reaction products thereof , e.g. transplant tissue, natural bone, extracellular matrix:…
A61L 27/3878
Characterised by the site of application in the body: nerve tissue, brain, spinal cord, nerves, dura mater
A61B 1/313
Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g.…:…
A61B 17/0057
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: implements for plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or tubular organ, e.g. for sealing a vessel…

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