Patents by Inventor Mohammed S. El-Kurdi

Mohammed S. El-Kurdi 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).

  • Graft Devices and Methods of Fabrication
    Publication number: 20120296353
    Abstract: A graft device is provided comprising a flow conduit and a surrounding covering. The graft device is for connecting between a first body space and a second body space. In one embodiment, the flow conduit is a vein, such as a harvested saphenous vein, useful as an arterial graft, for example and without limitation, in a coronary artery bypass procedure. Also provided are methods of preparing a graft device and connecting the graft between a first body space and a second body space, such as the aorta and a location on an occluded coronary artery, distal to the occlusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: NEOGRAFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: David Wagner, Lorenzo Soletti, Mohammed S. El-Kurdi, Jon McGrath, John T. Garibotto, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Graft Devices and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20120271405
    Abstract: A tubular graft device is provided comprising a tubular member and a fiber matrix of one or more polymers about a circumference of the tubular member. The matrix may be electrospun onto the tubular tissue. In one embodiment, the tubular tissue is from a vein, such as a harvested saphenous vein, useful as an arterial graft, for example and without limitation, in a coronary artery bypass procedure. Also provided is method of preparing a tubular graft and connecting the graft between a first body space and a second body space, such as the aorta and a location on an occluded coronary artery, distal to the occlusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Neograft Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Soletti, Mohammed S. El-Kurdi, Jon McGrath, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • FLOW-STRETCH-FLEXURE BIOREACTOR
    Publication number: 20110212500
    Abstract: Described herein is a bioreactor system and modules capable of developing physiologically relevant fluid-induced shear stresses and regionally specific flow patterns to scaffold specimens and which can couple these stresses to cyclic flexure and/or stretch states. Methods of use of the bioreactor system and module also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Steven M. Boronyak, George C. Engelmayr, JR., Sharan Ramaswamy, Michael S. Sacks, David E. Schmidt, Mohammed S. El-Kurdi
  • Bioerodible wraps and uses therefor
    Publication number: 20080208323
    Abstract: A tubular tissue graft device is provided comprising a tubular tissue and a restrictive fiber matrix of a bioerodible polymer about a circumference of the tubular tissue. The matrix may be electrospun onto the tubular tissue. In one embodiment, the tubular tissue is from a vein, such as a saphenous vein, useful as an arterial graft, for example and without limitation, in a coronary artery bypass procedure. Also provided is method of preparing a tubular graft comprising depositing a fiber matrix of a bioerodible polymer about a perimeter of a tubular tissue to produce a tubular tissue graft device. A cardiac bypass method comprising bypassing a coronary artery with a tubular tissue graft device comprising a vein and a restrictive fiber matrix of a bioerodible polymer about a circumference of the vein also is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Mohammed S. El-Kurdi, Yi Hong, Lorenzo Soletti, John J. Stankus, David A. Vorp, William R. Wagner