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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2020
Applicant:

Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);

Inventors:

Wayne L. Mower, Bountiful, UT (US);

John William Hall, North Salt Lake, UT (US);

Rachel L. Simmons, North Salt Lake, UT (US);

Bart Dolmatch, Palo Alto, CA (US);

F. Mark Ferguson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Assignee:

Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61L 27/16 (2006.01); A61L 29/04 (2006.01); A61L 29/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); B29C 55/04 (2006.01); B29K 27/18 (2006.01); D01D 5/00 (2006.01); D01D 5/18 (2006.01); D01F 6/12 (2006.01); F16L 11/11 (2006.01); F16L 11/115 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61L 27/16 (2013.01); A61L 29/041 (2013.01); A61L 29/146 (2013.01); A61L 31/048 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); F16L 11/11 (2013.01); F16L 11/115 (2013.01); B29C 55/04 (2013.01); B29K 2027/18 (2013.01); D01D 5/0007 (2013.01); D01D 5/0076 (2013.01); D01D 5/18 (2013.01); D01F 6/12 (2013.01); Y10T 442/60 (2015.04); Y10T 442/626 (2015.04); Y10T 442/643 (2015.04); Y10T 442/681 (2015.04);
Abstract

Fibrous materials and methods of manufacturing fibrous materials are disclosed. In particular, this application discloses methods of making and processing serially deposited fibrous structures, such as serially deposited fibrous mats. Serially deposited fibrous mats may be used in implantable medical devices with various characteristics and features. Serially deposited fibrous mats of various mat thickness, fiber size, porosity, pore size, and fiber density are disclosed. Additionally, serially deposited fibrous mats having various amounts of fiber structures (such as intersections, branches, and bundles) per unit area are also disclosed.


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