Reinforced small intestinal submucosa
Bioprosthetic devices for soft tissue attachment, reinforcement, or construction are provided. The devices comprise a sheet of naturally occurring extracellular matrix and a sheet of synthetic mesh coupled to the naturally occurring extracellular matrix portion.
1. A bioprosthetic device comprising:
a sheet of naturally occurring extracellular matrix; and
a sheet of bioabsorbable synthetic mesh coupled to the sheet of naturally occurring extracellular matrix, wherein the sheet of synthetic mesh has a rate of absorption that is slower than a rate of absorption of the sheet of naturally occurring extracellular matrix.
2. The bioprosthetic device of claim 1 , wherein the naturally occurring extracellular matrix is selected from the group consisting of intestine submucosa, stomach submusoca, bladder submucosa, alimentary submucosa, respiratory sumucosa and genital submucosa.