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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mark Boden, Harrisville, RI (US);
Patrick Mather, Oxford, PA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61L 31/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61L 31/129 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91558 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some aspects, the present disclosure provides medical devices that comprise a composite region comprising a binding polymer portion and an oriented fibrous polymer reinforcement portion, wherein the composite region is formed by a process that comprises heating and compressing one or more oriented polymer fibers. Other aspects of the present disclosure relative to methods of forming such medical devices.