LeMaitre Vascular Acquires Artegraft

Artegraft offers surgeons a biological alternative to synthetic grafts. Artegraft’s natural collagen matrix has proven long-term patency advantages over ePTFE and other synthetic graft materials. The company is also positioned as an alternative to a non-viable autogenous fistula. It was the first vascular graft approved by the FDA in 1970 and has been in continuous clinical use for over 50 years. Available in lengths from 15 to 50 cm and in 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 mm inner diameters, Artegraft is approved for use, distal to the aorta, for segmental bypass, arterial replacement, patch graft, femoropopliteal bypass when the patient’s saphenous is absent or inadequate, but is predominantly used as a hemodialysis graft. Artegraft was formed in 1993 and is based in North Brunswick, New Jersey.