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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2020
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Michael C. Chan, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Edward H. Cully, Newark, DE (US);
Jeffrey B. Duncan, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Byron K. Hayes, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Samuel Joynson, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Tom R. McDaniel, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
David J. Messick, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Edward E. Shaw, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a plurality of absorbable filaments arranged in a support structure and configured degrade within a defined time period and a membrane arranged about the plurality of absorbable filaments and configured to contain fragments of the plurality of absorbable filaments in response to a fracture or degradation of a filament.