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Grant: VATRIX MEDICAL, INC.

Primary Recipient

VATRIX MEDICAL, INC.

Amount

$194,293.00

Award Date

5/03/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are associated with impaired arterial wall integrity, leading to abnormal ballooning and eventual fatal rupture. Currently the sole treatment for such aneurysms is surgical intervention. Surgical procedures entail either