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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:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Boudewijn De Loose, Ghent, BE;
Ronny Losfeld, Waregem, BE;
Assignee:
N.V. Bekaert S.A., Zwevegen, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/08 ; B32B 1/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/08 ; B32B 1/514 ;
Abstract
Laminated metal structure includes a radially outer component and a radially inner component concentrically interconnected with each other. The radially outer component has a porosity of at least 80% and the radially inner component is a radially impermeable strength element such as a metal foil. The metal structure can be used in a continuous ambulant peritoneal dialysis treatment for anchoring a catheter in the human body.