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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2012
Applicants:
Bruce L. Anneaux, Lexington, SC (US);
Robert L. Ballard, Orangeburg, SC (US);
Inventors:
Bruce L. Anneaux, Lexington, SC (US);
Robert L. Ballard, Orangeburg, SC (US);
Assignee:
Zeus Industrial Products, Inc., Orangeburg, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); B29C 47/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/06 (2006.01); A61L 31/12 (2006.01); B82Y 5/00 (2011.01); D01D 5/00 (2006.01); D01F 6/12 (2006.01); A61L 27/26 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); B01D 39/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/129 (2013.01); A61L 2400/12 (2013.01); B82Y 5/00 (2013.01); D01D 5/003 (2013.01); D01D 5/0076 (2013.01); D01F 6/12 (2013.01); A61L 27/26 (2013.01); A61L 27/507 (2013.01); B01D 39/1623 (2013.01); B01D 2239/025 (2013.01); B01D 2239/0631 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a process of forming a prosthetic device is provided. The process includes forming a dispersion of polymeric nanofibers, a fiberizing polymer, and a solvent, the dispersion having a viscosity of at least about 50,000 cPs. A tubular frame is positioned over a tubular polymeric structure. Nanofibers from the dispersion are electrospun onto the tubular frame to form a prosthetic device. The prosthetic device is heated.