Patent 8172861 was granted and assigned to TauTona Group on May, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Sol-gel compositions, methods, and kits for joining together non-conjoined lumens in a patient's body including vascular lumens. More particularly, in various aspects, this invention provides thermoreversible sol-gel compositions, methods, and kits for joining such non-conjoined lumens, including small lumens typically requiring microsurgical technique.