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Patent No.:

US 10808054 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013

Self-bonding fluoropolymers and methods of producing the same

Applicant:

Atrium Medical Corporation, Hudson, NH (US);

Inventor:

Thomas M. Swanick, Hillsborough, NH (US);

Assignee:

ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION, Merrimack, NH (US);

Attorney:

Wesley Scott Ashton

Primary Examiner:

Callie E Shosho

Assistant Examiner:

Patrick N English

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 14/26 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 3/04 (2006.01); C08J 5/12 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B32B 7/02 (2019.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/82 (2006.01); B29K 105/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 14/26 (2013.01); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/8253 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/1162 (2013.01); B29C 66/14 (2013.01); B29C 66/43 (2013.01); B29C 66/4322 (2013.01); B29C 66/45 (2013.01); B29C 66/71 (2013.01); B29C 66/73921 (2013.01); B32B 3/04 (2013.01); B32B 7/02 (2013.01); B32B 27/06 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/322 (2013.01); C08J 5/121 (2013.01); B29K 2105/04 (2013.01); B32B 2307/702 (2013.01); B32B 2307/704 (2013.01); B32B 2437/00 (2013.01); B32B 2535/00 (2013.01); B32B 2553/00 (2013.01); C08J 2327/18 (2013.01); Y10T 428/139 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1352 (2015.01); Y10T 428/192 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24752 (2015.01); Y10T 428/31544 (2015.04);
Abstract

A method of making expanded fluoropolymer articles thermally bonds portions of expanded fluoropolymers together, without using an adhesive or crushing force, to produce stronger bonds at the joint between the expanded fluoropolymers than the bonds within the constituent expanded fluoropolymers. The method involves placing the portions of expanded fluoropolymers to be thermally bonded together in intimate contact with each other after wet-stretching the expanded fluoropolymers, and removing the wetting agent used to wet-stretch the expanded fluoropolymers, without subsequent expansion or stretching, to yield an expanded fluoropolymer article exhibiting unexpected and superior properties that can be used in a variety of medical and industrial applications.

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