Patent ID: 9526484
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method of treating a fistula of a human patient, the fistula having a tract extending from a first opening in a first body lumen to a second opening, the method comprising inserting a plug into the first opening of the tract so as to occlude said first opening, wherein the plug comprises non-cellular bioremodelable material that promotes cellular invasion and ingrowth and reconstruction of host tissue within the plug, and wherein the bioremodelable material is selected from the group consisting of a cadaveric material from a human donor and a heterograft material from a non-human donor, and positioning the plug in the tract whereby the bioremodelable material extends along the fistula tract from the first opening to the second opening and promotes cellular invasion and ingrowth and reconstruction of host tissue within the plug, wherein the second opening is an opening in a second body lumen or on an exterior surface of the patient.