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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy Thomson, West Newbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hydrophilix, LLC, Portland, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/26 ; B32B 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/26 ; B32B 3/06 ;
Abstract
A foam composite made up of a scaffold of a substantially hydrophobic foam material having plurality of surfaces defining a plurality of pores, and a coating of a substantially hydrophilic foam material disposed upon the surfaces of the hydrophobic foam. The resulting foam composite exhibits structural characteristics of the hydrophobic foam and absorbency characteristics of the hydrophilic foam.