W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

Ezlutions LLC

John E. Bacino

John E Bacino

Edward H Cully

Michael J Vonesh

Carey V Campbell

Benjamin M Trapp

Alex R Hobson

Norman Ernest Clough

Franz Shelley

Orlando Collazo

Jean Norvell

William Shamrock

Bret Alan Snyder

Basak Irem Nase

Jeffrey B Duncan

Edward Emil Shaw

John M Squeri

Douglas S Paget

Jason J Strid

Robert L Sassa

Edward C Gunzel

Stephen K Stark

Stane Nabernik

Raymond M Wnenchak

Alexander Zaggl

James R Hanrahan

Edward J Daniel

Paul John Zuk

John C Allen

David Zuckerbrod

Erik H Wildt

Wolfgang Buerger

Klaus Meindl

Dean Gambale

Karen Tronto

John L DiMeo

Norman E Clough

Chao Chu

Heike Wolfrum

Franz J Shelley

John L Dimeo

Dean J Gambale

Paul J Zuk

Bret A Snyder

Waterproof, breathable garments and methods of making are provided. The garments may include a laminate of a seamless ePTFE membrane and at least one textile. The garment is conformable over a range of sizes, and may be shaped to fit numerous sizes and shapes of forming molds. The ePTFE membrane may shrink to fit, or, alternatively, be stretched to fit, a mold having a desired size to form a garment. Such a conformable ePTFE membrane may allow for forming multiple sizes of garments with various sizes and shapes of molds. In embodiments where the ePTFE membrane is seamless and continuous, the garment eliminates the need for a waterproof seam tape, which is conventionally used to make garments waterproof.

Conformable seamless three dimensional articles and methods therefor

In various embodiments, a device is provided comprising a balloon configured to expand to an expanded state in response to introduction of a fluid at a first pressure, wherein the fluid perfuses through the balloon above a second pressure, the second pressure being the same or greater than the first pressure. In various embodiments, a method comprising fabricating a balloon configured to expand to an expanded state in response to introduction of a fluid at a first pressure, wherein the fluid perfuses through the balloon above a second pressure, the second pressure being at or greater than the first pressure, disposing the balloon on an elongate member having a lumen, placing the lumen in fluid communication with an interior volume of the balloon.

Controlled porosity devices for tissue treatments, methods of use, and methods of manufacture

A method of making a storage bag comprising the following steps performed in any order: (a) forming a composite tube having an inner surface comprising a higher melting polymer, an outer surface comprising a lower melting polymer, two ends, and a diameter; (b) flattening the tube in a direction perpendicular to the diameter; (c) forming a joint at one of the ends at a temperature between respective melting points of the higher melting polymer and the lower melting polymer; (d) providing a composite sheet having a first side comprising a higher melting polymer and a second side comprising a lower melting polymer; and (e) disposing the composite sheet over the joint such that the first side comprising a lower melting polymer engages the joint and forming a lap seam over the joint at a temperature between respective melting points of the higher melting polymer and the lower melting polymer, and a storage bag made by such method.

Storage bag

A storage bag configured to contain or that contains at least one therapeutic compound such as a viral vector and non-viral vector is provided. In one embodiment, the storage bag contains a viral vector and/or a non-viral vector containing genetic material. The storage bag has two edges and two ends including a first face and a second face integrally joined at the two edges of the bag and defining an inner surface and an outer surface forming the bag; the inner surface including a higher melting polymer, and the outer surface including a lower melting polymer; a joint at one of the ends; a discrete composite sheet having a first side including a higher melting polymer and a second side including a lower melting polymer folded over the joint with the first side including a lower melting polymer engaging the joint to form a lap seam over the joint.

Storage bag for containing therapeutic compounds

Various embodiments provide a device comprising a balloon assembly including a balloon, a film template, and a rigid element. The film template may have a fixed upper distension limit and may include at least one aperture. The rigid element may lay substantially flush with an outer surface of the balloon at a first inflated state of the balloon. The first upper distension limit of the balloon may be greater than the fixed upper distension limit of the film template and the balloon may outwardly protrude through the at least one aperture at a second inflated state. The rigid element may be extended in a radial direction away from the outer surface of the balloon as the balloon outwardly protrudes through the at least one aperture relative to the outer surface of the film template.

Balloon assemblies having controllably variable topographies

A venting apparatus is disclosed herein. The venting apparatus comprises a substrate, such as a metal substrate or a specialty plastic substrate, having an opening therein and a fluoropolymer membrane, such as ePTFE, disposed over said opening and thermally bonded using a thermoplastic material to said substrate. This allows the fluoropolymer membrane to be directly bonded to the said substrate without using an adhesive layer.

Venting apparatus

Waterproof, breathable socks, booties, shoe inserts, and footwear assemblies containing the shoe inserts are provided. The booties and shoe inserts may include a laminate comprising a seamless extensible film, such as a polyurethane film, and at least one textile. The bootie is suitable for a range of sizes and shoe shapes. The bootie may shrink to fit, or, alternatively, be stretched to fit, an asymmetrical last having a desired size to form a shoe insert. A bootie having a seamless extensible film eliminates the need to have multiple sizes of shoe inserts correlating to particular shoe sizes. In embodiments where the polyurethane film is seamless and continuous, the shoe insert eliminates the need for a waterproof seam tape, which is conventionally used to make shoe inserts waterproof. Methods of forming the socks, booties, and shoe inserts are also provided.

Booties and footwear assemblies comprising seamless extensible film, and methods therefor

Various embodiments provide a device comprising a balloon disposed at least partially along a template, the template including an aperture, wherein the template has a substantially cylindrical portion that resists deformation in a radial direction, wherein the balloon expands radially during inflation, wherein a portion of the balloon at least partially protrudes about the aperture. Other embodiments are directed toward balloons having textured surfaces.

A wire coil retainer having a band with at least one fastening feature configured to detachably attach one side of the band to the other side of the band that allows for quick and easy retention of a wire coil, such as a headphone wire. When the fastening feature is attached, two opposing loops are formed on either side of the fastener. A wire coil can be retained by placing the wire coil inside the interior of the band and detachably attaching the fastening feature through the center coil opening. A first portion of the wire coil is retained in a first loop and a second portion of the wire coil is retained in a second loop of the fastened wire coil retainer. A wire coil retainer may be configured with one or more retainer protrusions that aid in the retention of a wire coil within a loop.

Wire coil retainer

Porous articles having an expanded fluoropolymer and a coherent irregular network are described. In one embodiment, the coherent irregular network is attached to the expanded fluoropolymer at only a portion of the adjacent region. In another aspect of the invention the coherent irregular network is a free standing film. The coherent irregular network in one embodiment has a surface roughness defined by an Sp value of greater than 35 um.

Porous article

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Landenberg, PA, United States of America

John E Bacino