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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1996
Dai W Kim, Chatham, NJ (US);
William E Bessey, Charlotte, NC (US);
John Nagel, North Plainsfield, NJ (US);
Gregory M Clark, Weston, CT (US);
Joseph S Haas, Charlotte, NC (US);
Etheridge O Oakley, Jr, Matthews, NC (US);
Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
Cast padding materials and padding and lining materials for other orthopedic devices are made from three dimensional fiber networks which are semi-rigid and dimensionally stable. The fiber networks are made from textile fabrics that have projections and optional depressions which are compressible and return to their original shape after being compressed. The fiber networks are made by the thermo-mechanical deformation of textile fabrics that are in turn made from thermoplastic fibers.