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INVITRO EPITHELIZATION OF A HOLLOW VISCUS PROSTHESIS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 7980
Amount: $47,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1988
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
520 Wakara Way
Salt Lake, UT 84108
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
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Business Contact
 Richard E Hoffer
Phone: (801) 583-3600
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

THIS PROPOSED STUDY IS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE A METHOD OF EPITHELIZING, IN VITRO, A COMPOUND HOLLOW VISCUS PROSTHESIS CONSISTING OF AN OUTER RIGID POROUS MATERIAL AND A BIODEGRADABLE INNER LAYER. HEALING OF THE PROSTHESIS IN THE WALL OF THE URINARY BLADDERWILL BE EVALUATED IN DOGS. THE PROSTHESIS WILL BE EVALUATEDFOR URINE LEAKAGE, INFECTION, EXTRUSION, REJECTION, INCOR- PORATION INTO THE URINARY BLADDER WALL, AND CALCULUS FORMA- TION BY CYSTOGRAPHY, GROSS PATHOLOGY, AND LIGHT MICROSCOPY. THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF A PROSTEHETIC URINARY TRACT WOULD HAVE EXTENSIVE COMMERCIAL APPLICABILITY EITHER AS A COMPLETE SYSTEM OR AS INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS. A PROSTHETIC BLADDER WOULD BENEFIT TO THE MORE THAN 10,000 PATIENTS REQUIRING CYSTECTOMY ANNUALLY.

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