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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
Secant Medical, Inc., Perkasie, PA (US);
Peter D Gabriele, Perkasie, PA (US);
Sean Christopher Gasby, Perkasie, PA (US);
Jeremy J. Harris, Doylestown, PA (US);
Alicia Ruthrauff, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Swati Amin, Delran, NJ (US);
Seth A. Winner, Glenside, PA (US);
Ryan Heniford, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Richard Balthaser, Bethel, PA (US);
Emily Y. Ho, Wayne, PA (US);
THE SECANT GROUP, LLC, Telford, PA (US);
Abstract
A composite hollow lumen and a method for producing the lumen are provided. The lumen includes a tubular textile formed of yarns having a first tensile strength and a matrix material in which the tubular textile is embedded to form a conduit having a bore and a sidewall substantially impermeable to liquid. The matrix material has a second tensile strength that is lower than the first tensile strength. The method for producing a composite lumen includes selecting yarns having a first tensile strength, selecting an elastomeric matrix material having a second tensile strength that is lower that the first tensile strength, forming a tubular textile of the yarns, and embedding the tubular textile in the matrix material to form a conduit having a bore and conduit walls that are substantially impermeable to liquid. The elastomeric matrix material is a biodegradable or bioresorbable polyester.