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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2016
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey C. Towler, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); B32B 38/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 46/20 (2016.01); B29C 55/04 (2006.01); B29D 7/01 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29C 65/62 (2006.01); B29C 65/82 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29C 55/12 (2006.01); B29K 627/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 46/20 (2016.02); B29C 55/04 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 65/56 (2013.01); B29C 65/62 (2013.01); B29C 65/8215 (2013.01); B29C 66/02242 (2013.01); B29C 66/474 (2013.01); B29D 7/01 (2013.01); B32B 38/04 (2013.01); B29C 55/12 (2013.01); B29C 66/43 (2013.01); B29K 2627/18 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7532 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7546 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49833 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49863 (2015.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of increasing the tensile strength of polymer films is provided. The creation of the load distribution elements in polymer films necessary to achieve this result is described. Application of the present invention to increase suture retention in a surgical polymer film is also provided.