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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:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Julio Duran, Mt. Arlington, NJ (US);
Krzysztof Sowinski, Looz, PL;
Jamie S. Henderson, Oakland, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Julio Duran, Mt. Arlington, NJ (US);
Krzysztof Sowinski, Looz, PL;
Jamie S. Henderson, Oakland, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01); B31B 45/00 (2006.01); B65D 39/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01); B65D 1/02 (2006.01); F16L 11/04 (2006.01); D21H 11/00 (2006.01); D01D 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The ePTFE structure includes an ePTFE tubular structure having opposite ends and a longitudinal axis. The ePTFE tubular structure is formed from rotating the opposite ends relative to one another in a direction of rotation about the longitudinal axis. The ePTFE tubular structure has a node and fibril micro-structure in which substantially all of the fibrils are oriented in the direction of rotation.