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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2006
Alex R. Hobson, Elkton, MD (US);
Michael Houghton, Newark, DE (US);
David R. King, Lake Como, NJ (US);
Joseph E. Korleski, Jr., Newark, DE (US);
Brian C. Lentz, Newark, DE (US);
Kenneth Newcomb, Wilmington, DE (US);
Peter J. Roeber, Wallingford, PA (US);
John Streeter, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Alex R. Hobson, Elkton, MD (US);
Michael Houghton, Newark, DE (US);
David R. King, Lake Como, NJ (US);
Joseph E. Korleski, Jr., Newark, DE (US);
Brian C. Lentz, Newark, DE (US);
Kenneth Newcomb, Wilmington, DE (US);
Peter J. Roeber, Wallingford, PA (US);
John Streeter, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a stretchable material suitable for use in an inflatable medical device. The stretchable material has at least one reinforcing polymer layer with a top and bottom side forming a porous matrix which is imbibed with a sealing material to infiltrate and substantially seal spaces of the porous matrix and extend beyond the reinforcing polymer layer to form a surface coating.