Polyumenal implantable organ
First Claim
1. An implantable prosthetic device for connection to a fluid flow pathway of a patient, the device comprising an implantable body made of a single biocompatible material and extruded as a single body with microporous interior walls, said extruded single body having a shape to attach to said fluid flow pathway, said single body further having a multiplicity of capillary lumina therein defined by said microporous interior walls and extending substantially parallel to each other along a longitudinal axis of the body for accommodating fluid flow along said axis when attached to said fluid flow pathway.
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Abstract
A polylumenal implantable device comprises a body defining a plurality of capillary lumina. The prosthetic device is suitable for implantation in a patient as an arterial or venous bypass graft or shunt, or intra-organ implant as well as other purposes. The improved prosthetic device has increased surface area and preferably a three-dimensional porosity for encouraging the harboring of, for example, endothelial cells, as well as for receiving organized deposition of material such as genetically enhanced cell types. A method for providing a bioactive material to a patient includes the steps of providing a polyluminal implantable organ comprising an implantable body defining a plurality of capillary lumina, treating the interior surfaces of the lumina with a bioactive material or plasma polymerization, and implanting the prosthetic device in the patient so that bodily fluids of the patient come into contact with the treated interior surfaces.
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- 1. An implantable prosthetic device for connection to a fluid flow pathway of a patient, the device comprising an implantable body made of a single biocompatible material and extruded as a single body with microporous interior walls, said extruded single body having a shape to attach to said fluid flow pathway, said single body further having a multiplicity of capillary lumina therein defined by said microporous interior walls and extending substantially parallel to each other along a longitudinal axis of the body for accommodating fluid flow along said axis when attached to said fluid flow pathway.
- 13. An implantable prosthetic device for sustained release of a bioactive material into a patient'"'"'s blood stream, the device comprising an implantable tubular body formed of a single porous biocompatible material and adapted for attachment to a blood vessel of the patient, said implantable body including a body portion extruded as a single segment with a plurality of interior walls defining a multiplicity of capillary lumina extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body portion and of a size for accommodating blood flow therethrough, said single segment being porous such that said interior walls are permeable to allow transluminal permeation of a bioactive material.
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23. A method for providing a bioactive material to a fluid flow pathway of a patient, the method comprising the steps of
providing an implantable body formed of a single porous biocompatible material and adapted for attachment to said fluid flow pathway and for accomodating fluid flow therethrough, said implantable body being extruded as a single body with a plurality of interior walls defining a multiplicity of capillary lumina extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the single body, said lumina being separated by walls sufficiently permeable to allow transluminal permeation of a bioactive material, introducing said bioactive material to selected capillary lumina, and surgically grafting said prosthetic device to the fluid flow pathway in the patient to establish fluid flow along said longitudinal axis through others of said capillary lumina through said implantable body.
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29. A method for providing a bioactive material to a patient'"'"'s blood stream, the method comprising the steps of forming from a mass of porous polytetrafluoroethylene by applying heat and pressure, a single body, said body being extended and having plural interior walls and adapted for attachment to a blood vessel of the patient, said plural interior walls of the single body defining a multiplicity of capillary lumina extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body and adapted for accommodating blood flow therethrough, said interior walls formed of said porous polytetrafluoroethylene being permeable to allow transluminal permeation of a bioactive material,
introducing said bioactive material to selected ones of said capillary lumina, and surgically grafting said prosthetic device to the blood vessel to establish blood flow through at least some of said capillary lumina.
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