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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:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anna Maria Bigonzi-Jaker, New Brighton, MN (US);
Marc L. Jaker, New Brighton, MN (US);
Assignee:
RTC, Inc., West St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 9/18 ; F16L 1/100 ; A61F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 9/18 ; F16L 1/100 ; A61F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A modified polytetrafluoroethylene resin membrane material is provided for a variety of medical or other applications. The material may be used as a bandage, tissue barrier, article covering or coating. Layers of the membrane may be combined to form tubes useful alone or tubes which can be combined with other tubes or manipulated.