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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1989
Matthew T Scholz, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ralph A Wilkens, St. Paul, MN (US);
Robert L Assell, St. Paul, MN (US);
Charles E Alexson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to novel orthopedic casting materials having superior layer to layer lamination, and methods for preparing the same. The orthopedic casting materials comprise a resin-coated scrim having a plurality of projections along at least one surface thereof. Preferably, each projection comprises a bundle of at least about 8 filaments, and the scrim has from about 75 to about 1500 projections per gram of scrim. The projections serve to mechanically interact with adjacent layers of the material, thereby significantly enhancing the lamination properties of the resultant material and resisting delamination once the material has cured.