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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
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);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods are provided to make a prosthetic valve having a thin, biocompatible, high-strength, composite material. In one aspect, the composite material maintains flexibility in high-cycle flexural applications, making it particularly applicable to high-flex implants such as a heart valve leaflet. The composite material includes a porous expanded fluoropolymer membrane and an elastomer, wherein the elastomer is present in the pores of the porous expanded fluoropolymer.
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