Patents by Inventor Stephen F. Badylak

Stephen F. Badylak 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).

  • Tissue graft composition
    Patent number: 4902508
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for preparation of a tissue graft composition from a segment of small intestine. A tissue graft composition is described which comprises the tunica submucosa of a segment of small intestine of a warm-blooded vertebrate wherein the tunica submucosa is delaminated from the tunica muscularis and at least the luminal portion of the tunica mucosa. The tissue graft composition has been shown to have excellent mechanical characteristics, as well as non-allergenicity and non-thrombogenicity in applications as vascular autografts, vascular allografts, and vascular heterografts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Stephen F. Badylak, Leslie A. Geddes, Gary Lantz, Arthur C. Coffey