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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
William C. Bruchman, Camp Verde, AZ (US);
Paul D. Gassler, Lincoln University, PA (US);
Cody L. Hartman, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Peter J. Walsh, Elkton, MD (US);
Charles F. White, Camp Verde, AZ (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
Thin, biocompatible, high-strength, composite materials are disclosed that are suitable for use in a valve for regulating blood flow direction. In one aspect, the composite material maintains flexibility in high-cycle flexural applications, making it particularly applicable to high-flex implants such as a prosthetic heart valve leaflet. The composite material includes a porous polymer membrane and an elastomer, wherein the elastomer fills substantially all of the pores of the porous polymer membrane.