founded 1984 founder steve anderson headquarters kennesaw georgia united states key people j. patrick mackin chairman of the board president & ceo products human tissues for transplant medical devices revenue 116 million 2010 1 number of employees 435 2008 2 website www.cryolife.com cryolife inc. is a distributor of cryogenically preserved human tissues for cardiac and vascular transplant applications and develops medical devices . among its products are human heart valves which are treated to remove excess cellular material and antigens and bioglue surgical adhesive . cryolife inc. incorporated in 1984 in florida was the first biomedical company to specialize in the ultra low temperature preservation of human heart valves used for cardiac reconstruction primarily in children born with heart defects . the company preserves and distributes human tissues and develops manufactures and commercializes medical devices for cardiac and vascular transplant applications . the human tissues distributed by cryolife include the cryovalve sg pulmonary human heart valve and the cryopatch sg pulmonary cardiac patch tissue both processed using cryolife s proprietary synergraft technology . cryolife s medical devices consist primarily of surgical adhesives sealants and hemostats including bioglue surgical adhesive biofoam surgical matrix perclot which the company began distributing for starch medical inc. in october 2010 . the company preserves small diameter human saphenous vein conduits 3mm to 6mm for use in peripheral vascular reconstructions and coronary bypass surgery . failure to achieve revascularization of an obstructed vessel may result in the loss of a limb or even death of the patient . when patients require bypass surgery the surgeon s first choice generally is the patient s own vein tissue . however in cases of advanced vascular disease 30 % of patients have unsuitable vein tissue for transplantation and the surgeon must consider using synthetic grafts or preserved human vascular tissue . small diameter synthetic vascular grafts are generally not optimal for below the knee surgeries because they have a tendency to obstruct over time . preserved human vascular tissues tend to remain open longer and as such are used in indications where synthetics typically fail . in addition synthetic grafts are not suitable for use in infected areas since they may harbor bacteria and are difficult to treat with antibiotics . preserved human vascular tissues are ideal grafts for patients with previously infected graft sites . the company also preserves femoral veins and arteries and aortoiliac arteries for bypass or reconstruction within infected surgical areas . contents 1 products and services 2 see also 3 external links 4 references products and services edit bioglue surgical adhesive biofoam cryovalve sg pulmonary human heart valve on x heart valves cryovalve pulmonary valve cryovalve aortic valve cryopatch sg cryovein saphenous vein cryovein femoral vein cryoartery aortoiliac artery cryoartery femoral artery cryograft perclot see also edit allotransplantation artificial heart valve hemostatic agent external links edit http www.caringtoshare.org http www.ctsnet.org http www.therosscommunity.org http www.jvascsurg.org references edit 2010 cryolife annual report http ccbn .10 kwizard.com xml download.php repo tenk & ipage 6154486 & format pdf cryolife 2008 annual report retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cryolife & oldid 738375170 categories health care companies of the united statescompanies listed on the new york stock exchange navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 15 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view