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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2004
Applicants:
Donald James Highgate, Surrey, GB;
Jonathan Anthony Lloyd, Lincs, GB;
Inventors:
Donald James Highgate, Surrey, GB;
Jonathan Anthony Lloyd, Lincs, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A composition, suitable for surgical or dental use, which can expand and/or contract in at least one direction without similar expansion or contraction in another direction, comprises an inner and an outer portion, the portions differing in their expansion properties and/or the extent to which they are prestressed.