Patents by Inventor Bradley H. Vale

Bradley H. Vale has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4286341
    Abstract: A vascular prosthesis and its method of fabrication. The prosthesis takes the form of a flexible and conformable support tube having a luminal surface formed of a smooth, homogenous, and substantially non-thrombogenic hydrogel having relatively small pores or microvoids suitable for tissue ingrowth but resistant to thrombus formation, and having an outer surface formed of essentially the same hydrogel having a heterogenous microstructure which includes relatively large pores or macrovoids especially suitable for cellular ingrowth from perigraft sources and attachment sites. In one embodiment, the tubular substrate is foraminous and the inner and outer hydrogel layers merge through the interstices of the substrate to provide a unified ground substance characterized by strata having selectively different pore characteristics for promoting effective endothelialization and for reducing possibilities of thrombotic occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond T. Greer, Bradley H. Vale, Randall L. Knoll