Vitaphore Corporation

Baxter Healthcare Inc.

Glenn C Buchanan

Stanley R Conston

Sam Rose

Sterile interconnection between disassociated segments of thermostable, compressible fluid conduit tubing is achieved by arranging within the bore of the free end of each segment a conductive hollow metal tube so as to establish a connected fluid flow path from one segment to the other, through the metal tube, and then sterilizing the connection by induction heating.

Method for making sterile connections between fluid conduit tubes

A process is provided for manufacturing nonwoven, nonbiodegradable tissue ingrowth-inducing, tissue-interfacing substrates with predetermined oriented uniform pore diameter, pore density and pore depth. Pins are inserted to a predetermined depth into a softened thermoplastic substrate or, heated pins are inserted into the substrate, then removed to form the predetermined pore pattern.

Pores of controlled geometry on a thermoplastic polymer

A process is provided for manufacturing nonwoven, nonbiodegradable tissue ingrowth-inducing, tissue-interfacing substrates with predetermined oriented uniform pore diameter, pore density and pore depth. The substrates have pores which have advantageous tissue ingrowth-inducing properties.

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Belmont, CA, United States of America

Glenn C Buchanan