Arterial graft device
OwnerPeter B. Samuels, Ernest C. Woodinventors
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Abstract
The preparation of an arterial graft from a device comprising a sealed chamber within an elongate housing formed of translucent impervious walls, an elongate tubular porous base member disposed within said sealed chamber formed of walls having axially spaced corrugations to enable the base member to be stretchable in the axial direction and bendable in all directions while preventing collapse to block the passage extending continuously therethrough, the means for introducing blood into the sealed chamber for clotting onto the walls of the base member to form the arterial graft.
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A device for use in the preparation of a graft for blood vessels comprising a sealed chamber within an elongate housing formed of impervious walls, an elongate tubular porous base member disposed within said sealed chamber the walls of which are formed with axially spaced corrugations to enable the base member to be stretchable in the axial direction and bendable in all directions while militating against collapse to block the passage extending continuously through the base member, means for introducing blood into the sealed chamber for clotting onto the walls of the base member while confined within the sealed chamber, and means for gaining access to the interior of the chamber for removal of the base member after the blood has been clotted onto the walls thereof.
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