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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Ted R. Farnsworth, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Charles Flynn, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Charles F. White, Camp Verde, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Ted R. Farnsworth, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Charles Flynn, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Charles F. White, Camp Verde, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01); B28B 23/00 (2006.01); B32B 1/08 (2006.01); B32B 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to implantable bioabsorbable non-woven self-cohered web materials having a high degree of porosity. The web materials are very supple and soft, while exhibiting proportionally increased mechanical strength in one or more directions. The web materials often possess a high degree of loft. The web materials can be formed into a variety of shapes and forms suitable for use as implantable medical devices or components thereof.
Published as:
US2007027552A1; AU2006276050A1; CA2616966A1; WO2007015977A2; EP1909693A2; JP2009502332A; WO2007015977A3; AU2006276050B2; AU2009222457A1; US7604668B2; US2010010515A1; EP1909693A4; CA2616966C; JP5275796B2; US8597745B2; EP1909693B1; ES2533239T3;