First Vessel Graft Grown From Kidney Patients' Own Cells

Achievement could aid dialysis and might be replicated for heart disease, scientists say,,,, THURSDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- The successful use of a patient's own skin cells to grow tissue-engineered shunts for dialysis could portend a revolution in kidney care, researchers say....

Number of Revascularization Procedures, Related In-Hospital Mortality and Some Complications Decline, While Rates of Infection and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery Increase

Increases translate into $170 million in incremental Medicare spending in FY 2006 ATLANTA, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The number of revascularization procedures, related in-hospital mortality and some complications among Medicare beneficiaries decreased between 2003 and 2006. At the same time, ...

Medtronic, Inc. and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc. Sued for Product Liability and Promoting the Off-Label Use of Infuse(R) Bone Graft Product, According to Page Perry, LLC

ATLANTA, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- A patient who allegedly was seriously injured by Medtronic, Inc.'s Infuse(R) Bone Graft implant in an off-label surgical procedure promoted by Medtronic has sued the company, according to James A. Dunlap Jr. & Associates LLC and Page Perry, LLC. The firms,...

Haemacure's Human Fibrin Sealant Demonstrates Effectiveness in Skin Graft Fixation Proof-of-Concept Study for Burn Injury

HAE:TSX Skin graft fixation for burn victims using fibrin sealant represents multi-million dollar market opportunity for Company MONTREAL, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Haemacure Corporation (TSX:HAE), a Montreal-based specialty bio-therapeutics company developing high-valu...

Medtronic, Inc. and Medtronic Sofamor Danek, USA, Inc. Sued for Product Liability and Promoting the Off-Label Use of Infuse(R) Bone Graft Product, According to Page Perry, LLC

ATLANTA, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A patient who was surgically implanted with Medtronic's Infuse(R) Bone Graft product, for an off-label use promoted by Medtronic, suffocated due to severe throat and neck swelling, according to James A. Dunlap Jr. & Associates LLC and Page Perry, LLC who filed t...

New Research Estimates 1500 Lives Could Be Saved Annually if the Lowest Performing Hospitals for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Performed as Well as Top-ranking Hospitals

ATLANTA, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- New research estimates that 1500 lives could potentially be saved if U.S. hospitals with the highest risk-adjusted mortality rates (RAMR) for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery performed as well as hospitals with the lowest RAMR. The same study also found t...

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Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Initiates U.S. Clinical Trial for Anaconda(TM) AAA Stent Graft System

ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Terumo Cardiovascular Systems (Terumo CVS) announced that it has initiated a Phase II Clinical Trial for the Anaconda(TM) AAA (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm) Stent Graft System in the U.S. The Anaconda system is manufactured by Scotland-based Terumo subs...

Heparin Use Prior to Endoscopic Vein Harvest Improves Graft Patency in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Patients

Pre-heparinization Limits Clot Retention and Decreases Residual Clot Volume SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- MAQUET Cardiovascular LLC announced today that data presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery show that administ...

Quark Pharmaceuticals Announces Dosing of the First Patient in Phase I/II Clinical Trial for Systemically Delivered siRNA Drug Candidate for Delayed Graft Function

Kidney transplantation to be Quark's second indication with clinical-stage, systemically administered siRNA product candidate FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage pharmaceutical company discovering and developing novel RNA interference (RNA...

Cardica Announces Publication of Pivotal PAS-Port(R) Proximal Anastomosis System Clinical Trial Results

... secure connection, or anastomosis, between a vein graft and the aorta, the main artery in the human body, ...to the aorta. The PAS-Port system was used for one graft and the conventional hand-sewn technique for the o...AS-Port system allows a surgeon to load the bypass graft into the system and rapidly complete the anastomos...

Risks of Delaying ACL Reconstruction in Young Athletes May Be Too High, Study Shows

...ision was made to delay treatment, patients were instructed to wear a custom ACL brace. All patients who underwent the surgery utilized a soft tissue graft with anatomically placed tunnels and fixation devices that did not cross the growth plate. Patients were also followed for a minimum of one-year post-...

UPCI Joins ExCell Research Study Using Stem Cells for Leukemia and Lymphoma Patients

...d from stem cells, as an alternative treatment to bone marrow transplants for hematological malignancies, including leukemia and lymphoma. StemEx is a graft of expanded stem/progenitor cells taken from a single unit of umbilical cord blood and then transplanted in combination with non-expanded cells from t...

Graft in Medical Products

Pro Osteon 500R Bone Graft Substitute

Description: Pro Osteon 500R sterile blocks offer an interconnected porosity similar to human cancellous bone. The porous implants serve as a matrix for new bone ingrowth with healing time comparable to autogenous bone grafts. Since bone graft harvesting is not required, patients are not subjected to the trauma...
Company:Biomet, Inc.

Pro Osteon 200R Bone Graft Substitute

Description: Pro Osteon 200R is a resorbable, osteoconductive matrix consisting of hydroxyapatite and calcium carbonate. Originally cleared for use in oral maxillofacial procedures as a very slow resorbing material, the faster-resorbing Pro Osteon 200R has been FDA indicated as a bone graft substitute that reso...
Company:Biomet, Inc.

Micro Graft Dilator

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Company:George Tiemann & Co.

ApaPore Hydroxyapatite Bone Graft Substitute

Description: ApaPore is a synthetic and porous hydroxyapatite. ApaPore is disease free, readily available and manufactured to a highly controlled specification providing a cost-effective bone graft. Surgical applications include spinal fusions, fracture fixation, treating bone defects....
Company:Apatech

TruGraft Synthetic Bone Graft Substitute Granules

Description: The TruGraft BGS Granules are to be used in bone void filling of surgically or traumatically created osseous defects....
Company:OsteoBiologics, Inc.

XTD Hemodialysis Access Graft Thrombectomy Catheter

Description: The XTD Thrombectomy catheter is a mechanical catheter intended to percutaneously break-up and remove thrombus from occluded hemodialysis access grafts. The disposable catheter requires no external console and consists of a rotatable, spiral shaft which extends beyond the 6F plastic sheath as a fle...
Company:Xtrak Medical, Inc.

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Graft in Medical Dictionary

Graft

Grafting , where the tissues of one plant are affixed to the tissues of another ... Graft (1931 film), a 1931 film featuring Boris Karloff ... In these cases, a graft is made at a desired height on a stock plant with a strong stem. ... In this case a bridge graft may be used to ...

Skin graft

Skin grafting is a type of medical grafting involving the transplantation of skin . The transplanted tissue is called a skin graft . More about Skin Grafting : Purpose Precautions Aftercare Risks Normal results Abnormal results Resources Skin Grafting Definition Skin grafting ...

Bone graft

Bone grafting is a surgical procedure that replaces missing bone with material from the patient's own body, an artificial, synthetic, or natural substitute. Bone grafting is used to repair bone fractures that are extremely... More about Bone Grafting : Purpose Aftercare Risks Res...

Stent

... Stent ? ... A stent is inserted into an artery during angioplasty and typically inflated ... An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) stent graft is a minimally invasive, non ... Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Stent Graft. Chemoembolization of Tumors ... Information on heart disease ...

Spinal fusion

... spinal fusion . ... Spinal Fusion . Total Disc Replacement. Laminectomy. Corpectomy. Minimally ... When doing a spinal fusion , the bone graft may simply be wedged in tight between ... Frequently Asked Questions about Neck Pain and Total Disc Replacement Surgery. ... or CT scans are perf...

Pancreatic abscess

... , particularly if you have recently had a ... ... of pancreatic candidiasis are related to some form of pancreatic injury ... Aortoiliac graft infection and pancreatic abscess due to Candida albicans [letter] ... Liver Abscess . Pancreatic Disorders. Pancreatic Abscess . Pept...

Graft in Biological News

Ikaria(R) Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Inhaled Carbon Monoxide for Delayed Graft Function in Solid Organ Transplants

CLINTON, N.J., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Ikaria Holdings, Inc., a fully integrated critical care biotherapeutics company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for inhaled carbon monoxide for use in the reduction of the incidence and...

Ikaria(R) Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Inhaled Carbon Monoxide for Delayed Graft Function in Solid Organ Transplants

CLINTON, N.J., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Ikaria Holdings, Inc., a fully integrated critical care biotherapeutics company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for inhaled carbon monoxide for use in the reduction of the incidence and...

Gene therapy converts dead bone graft to new, living tissue

Researchers have created a way to transform the dead bone of a transplanted skeletal graft into living tissue in an experiment involving mice. The advance, which uses gene therapy to stimulate the body into treating the foreign splint as living bone, is a promising development for the thousands of ...

New DNA and RNA aptamers offer unique therapeutic advantages

...odstream. Aptamer therapeutics presently in clinical development target diseases and applications such as macular degeneration, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and various types of cancer. Kristina W. Thiel, PhD and Paloma H. Giangrande, PhD, from the University of Iowa, present a thorough review ...

Ovarian transplantation: First baby is born after a new technique

...ocedure, first grafting small pieces of the frozen ovarian tissue in the ovarian and peritoneal areas three days before the real transplant. The first graft encourages the growth of blood vessels and paves the way for the ovary to become fully functioning in a shorter time scale than would be possible if a...

Ovarian transplantation: New technique gives greatly improved results in this delicate operation

...orm than the delicate microvascular technique, which they described last year in an effort to prevent egg loss and to lengthen the duration of ovarian graft function. With the microvascular technique, the tiny blood vessels supplying the ovary are directly linked, and ischemia time, during which bloo...

Graft in Biological Technology

Gene Signal Enters Phase III Clinical Tests for the Prevention of Corneal Graft Rejection

- Gene Signal International, a Biotech Company Registered in Switzerland, Will Move its Headquarter to the EPFL, in Lausanne, - Gene Signal is Addressing Various Issues Related to Neovascularisation, - Gene Signal is Working on a Portfolio of Ophthalmologic Indications, With One Now...

Osteotech's Next Generation Grafting Material, MagniFuse(TM) Bone Graft, a Breakthrough in Bone Regeneration; MagniFuse(TM) Bone Graft seeks to redefine the standard of care in the U.S. bone graft substitute market estimated to be in excess of $1.2 billio

EATONTOWN, N.J., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Osteotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTE ), a leader in the emerging field of biologic products for regenerative healing, announced today that its next generation grafting material will be marketed under the brand name, MagniFuse(TM) Bone Graft. Robert...

Osteotech's Plexur P(TM) Receives FDA Clearance as Bone Void Filler and Bone Graft Extender in Spine

EATONTOWN, N.J., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Osteotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTE ), a leader in the emerging field of biologic solutions for regenerative medicine, announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has cleared its 510(k) submission for the Plexur P(T...

LeMaitre Vascular Acquires Biomateriali, a Vascular Graft Manufacturer

BURLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (Nasdaq: LMAT ), a provider of peripheral vascular devices and implants, yesterday acquired Biomateriali S.r.l., a privately held Italian vascular graft manufacturer, for euro 1.8 million in cash, the assumption of e...

Collagen Matrix, Inc. Launches OssiMend(TM) Bone Graft Matrix for Orthopedic and Spine Applications

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Collagen Matrix, Inc. announces the launch of its OssiMend(TM) Bone Graft Matrix for orthopedic and spine applications. OssiMend is an all-natural mineral-collagen composite bone graft material which, combined with autologous bone marrow, is used t...

DOR BioPharma Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for orBec(R) for the Treatment of Chronic Gastrointestinal GVHD

...ase (GVHD) is a major complication of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. GVHD is an inflammatory disease initiated by T cells in the donor graft that recognize histocompatibility and other tissue antigens of the host, and is mediated by a variety of effector cells and inflammatory cytokines. GV...

Graft in Biological Definition

Skin

... ulcer list of skin diseases See also Birthmark Vernix caseosa Hidradenitis suppurativa Foreskin restoration Skin graft Moisturizer External links Page about depiction of skin in the movie world ...

Graft in Biological Dictionary

Coronary arteries

...e arteries that supply blood to your heart. Coronary Artery Bypass graft glossary includes a list of Coronary Artery Bypass graft related medical definitions and related links on MedicineNet.com Corona...