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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
William C. Bruchman, Camp Verde, AZ (US);
Bill R. Finney, Flagstaff, 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
Thin, biocompatible, high-strength, composite materials are disclosed that are suitable for use in a prosthetic valve for regulating blood flow direction. In one aspect, the leaflet material maintains flexibility in high-cycle flexural applications, making it particularly applicable to high-flex implants such as a prosthetic heart valve leaflet. The leaflet material includes a coherent single layer and an elastomer, wherein the elastomer is present in the pores of the porous coherent single layer.