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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark E Dillon, Watertown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Bio Med Sciences, Inc., Amherst, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B28C / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 43 ; 264 49 ; 264127 ; 264233 ; 264344 ;
Abstract
A composite self-supporting flexible agglomerated macrostructure is described which includes (1) a matrix of unfibrillated polytetrafluoroethylene resin and addition curable silicone and (2) particulate material including hydroxyapatite and/or tricalcium phosphate uniformly distributed throughout said matrix, the macrostructure being uniformly permeated by a network of open pores formed in the process of manufacture by intimately blending particulate sodium chloride and subsequently leaching the sodium chloride particles.