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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Chad M. Bartee, Lubbock, TX (US);
Barry K. Bartee, Lubbock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Chad M. Bartee, Lubbock, TX (US);
Barry K. Bartee, Lubbock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical barrier includes a sheet of unsintered substantially unexpanded hydrophilic polytetraflouroethylene (PTFE) polymer material. A PTFE polymer material is described that has a density in a range of about 1.2 gm/cc to about 2.3 gm/cc, and preferably in the range of about 1.45 gm/cc to about 1.55 gm/cc, and having at least one textured surface. In accordance with one embodiment, the sheet has one textured surface and one substantially smooth surface, and has substantially uniform strength in all directions.