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7404819 |
Implantable prosthesis
An implantable prosthesis and a method of repairing an anatomical defect, such as a tissue or muscle wall defect, by promoting tissue growth thereto, while limiting the incidence of postoperative...
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7378020 |
Fluoropolymer membrane
A porous fluoropolymer membrane comprising a first surface, a second surface, nodes and free fibrils, wherein one of the first and second surfaces has a greater number of free fibrils per unit area...
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7357709 |
Metal vent
A metal vent having an aperture for the passage of a fluid, a porous membrane sealing the aperture, wherein the components of the vent are assembled by an interference fit.
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7306841 |
PTFE material with aggregations of nodes
A novel polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) material includes a plurality of aggregates connected together by a plurality of relatively long fibrils. Each of the aggregates are formed of PTFE nodes that...
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7244271 |
Self-sealing PTFE vascular graft and manufacturing methods
An implantable microporous ePTFE tubular vascular graft exhibits long term patency, superior radial tensile strength and suture hole elongation resistance. The graft includes a first ePTFE tube and...
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7211210 |
Dry fibrillated PTFE film and its method of manufacture
A finished PTFE film is produced by first preparing an extruded, dried, unsintered and unexpanded PTFE feed film, and then reducing the thickness of the feed film by more than 20% by passing it...
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7156804 |
Hernia prosthesis
A prosthesis for repairing a tissue or muscle wall defect. The prosthesis comprises a layer of repair fabric having first and second and an edge that extends between the first and second surfaces....
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7101381 |
Implantable prosthesis
An implantable prosthesis for repairing an anatomical defect, such as a tissue or muscle wall hernia, including an umbilical hernia, and for preventing the occurrence of a hernia at a small opening...
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7017591 |
Particulate coated monofilament devices
Disclosed are coated monofilament dental devices overcoated with biofilm-responsive particulate abrasives.
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6907889 |
Non-crystalline saliva-soluble coatings for elastomeric monofilament dental tapes
An improved dental tape treated with a substantive coating containing a crystal control substance, wherein said coating is: saliva soluble, substantially crystal-free, with a flaking value of less...
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6790213 |
Implantable prosthesis
An implantable prosthesis for an anatomical defect, such as a tissue or muscle defect, that promotes tissue or muscle growth into the prosthesis and subsequently strengthens the area of the defect....
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6719783 |
PTFE vascular graft and method of manufacture
An implantable microporous ePTFE tubular vascular graft exhibits long term patency, superior radial tensile strength and suture hole elongation resistance. The graft includes a first ePTFE tube and...
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6620190 |
Radially expandable polytetrafluoroethylene
Extruded, stretched, sintered tubular PTFE materials are produced which are suited for use in the medical field as liners and covers for expandable stents. The PTFE materials have an unusually low...
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6609527 |
Non-crystalline saliva-soluble coatings for elastomeric monofilament dental tapes
An improved dental tape treated with a substantive coating containing a crystal control substance, wherein said coating is: saliva soluble, substantially crystal-free, with a flaking value of less...
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EP0766532B1 |
A SURGICAL PLEDGET DISPENSING SYSTEM
Abstract not available for EP0766532 Abstract of corresponding document: WO9632893 A surgical pledget dispensing system (10) wherein a pledget (13) is affixed to at least one other object (11, 12,...
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6428571 |
Self-sealing PTFE vascular graft and manufacturing methods
An implantable microporous ePTFE tubular vascular graft exhibits long term patency, superior radial tensile strength and suture hole elongation resistance. The graft includes a first ePTFE tube and...
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6270530 |
Prosthetic repair fabric
A prosthetic repair fabric including a sheet of tissue infiltratable fabric and a second sheet, also preferably including tissue infiltratable fabric, which is united with the first sheet. The...
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6162885 |
Multi-axially orientated amorphous PTFE material
The invention is an amorphous polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE polymer that is composed of multi-axially oriented PTFE polymer chains. The multi-axial orientation allows the invention to exhibit...
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6120539 |
Prosthetic repair fabric
A prosthetic repair fabric including a sheet of tissue infiltratable fabric and a second sheet, also preferably including tissue infiltratable fabric, which is united with the first sheet. The...
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6120532 |
Graphite impregnated prosthetic vascular graft materials
The specification teaches thromboresistant compositions made of suitable biologically compatible plastic materials and a substance having a negative charge, e.g., graphite, incorporated therein in...
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6117556 |
Tape for sealing screw joints
An unsintered polytetrafluoroethylene tape for sealing screw joints is described. The tape is obtained by uniaxially stretching an unsintered body of a composition comprising 75 to 25 wt. parts of...
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6080198 |
Method for forming a yarn wrapped PTFE tubular prosthesis
An implantable microporous ePTFE tubular vascular graft exhibits long-term patency, superior radial tensile strength, reduction in tear propagation, and increases in suture retention strength and...
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6036724 |
PTFE vascular graft and method of manufacture
An implantable microporous ePTFE tubular vascular graft exhibits long term patency, superior radial tensile strength and suture hole elongation resistance. The graft includes a first ePTFE tube and...
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6001125 |
PTFE vascular prosthesis and method of manufacture
An implantable microporous ePTFE tubular vascular graft exhibits long term patency, superior radial tensile strength and suture hole elongation resistance. The graft includes a first ePTFE tube and...
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5980799 |
Methods of making controlled porosity expanded polytetrafluoroethylene products and fabrication
A method of forming porous articles with a varying pore distribution by extrusion from a billet with a varying lubricant distribution. A single-polymer polytetrafluoroethylene is extruded and then...
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5972449 |
Porous products manufactured from polytetrafluoroethylene treated with a perfluoroether fluid and methods of manufacturing such products
Porous materials suitable for a variety of uses including waterproof/breathable fabrics, air filters, liquid filters, liquid/liquid separation membranes, vascular grafts, mechanical seals, etc....
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5955016 |
Method of forming a vascular prosthetic structure including expanded PTFE and graphite
A method of forming a vascular prosthetic structure, including steps of: mixing polytetrafluoroethylene resin with graphite powder to create a mixture; compacting the mixture to form a preform;...
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EP0630432B1 |
CONTROLLED POROSITY EXPANDED FLUOROPOLYMER (E.G. POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE) PRODUCTS AND FABRICATION
Abstract not available for EP0630432 Abstract of corresponding document: WO9318214 A method of forming porous articles with a varying pore distribution by extrusion from a billet with varying...
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5869156 |
Porous products manufactured from polytetrafluoroethylene treated with a perfluoroether fluid and method of manufacturing such products
Porous materials suitable for a variety of uses including waterproof/breathable fabrics, air filters, liquid filters, liquid/liquid separation membranes, vascular grafts, mechanical seals, etc....
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5861033 |
Method of making controlled porosity expanded polytetrafluoroethylene products and fabrication
A method of forming porous articles with a varying pore distribution by extrusion from a billet with a varying lubricant distribution. A single-polymer polytetrafluoroethylene is extruded and then...
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5858505 |
Macroscopically perforated porous polytetrafluoroethylene materials
A macroscopically perforated porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheet material having a microstructure of nodes interconnected by fibrils wherein the perforations have a minimum diameter of...
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5824046 |
Covered stent
A composite intraluminal device is deployable within a body vessel. The composite device includes an elongate radially expandable tubular stent having an interior luminal surface and an opposed...
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5800512 |
PTFE vascular graft
An implantable microporous ePTFE tubular vascular graft exhibits long term patency, superior radial tensile strength and suture hole elongation resistance. The graft includes a first ePTFE tube and...
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5733308 |
Surgical pledget dispensing system
A surgical pledget dispensing system wherein a pledget is affixed to at least one other object whereby the pledget is tearably releasable from the at least one other object. Preferably a...
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5692530 |
Braided dental floss
A braided dental floss having increased tensile strength, reduced likelihood of fraying and improved cleaning comprising multiple braided threads of nylon, polyester, polyethylene, PFA, PTFE,...
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5645915 |
High strength porous PTFE sheet material
A high strength, porous PTFE sheet material having high strength in all directions within the plane of the sheet material. The sheet material has, within the plane of the sheet, a higher minimum...
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5641566 |
High strength porous PTFE sheet material
A high strength, porous PTFE sheet material having high strength in all directions within the plane of the sheet material. The sheet material has, within the plane of the sheet, a higher minimum...
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5614284 |
Laminated patch tissue repair sheet material
A sheet of implantable patch tissue repair material having the form of a layer of porous polytetrafluoroethylene sheet material laminated to a layer of mesh-type sheet material having a...
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5609624 |
Reinforced vascular graft and method of making same
A microporous reinforced expanded PTFE vascular graft in which the reinforcing structure is substantially identical in porosity to the body of the graft. The graft is characterized by a microporous...
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5607478 |
Yarn wrapped PTFE tubular prosthesis
An implantable microporous ePTFE tubular vascular graft exhibits long-term patency, superior radial tensile strength, reduction in tear propagation, and increases in suture retention strength and...
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5552100 |
Method for manufacturing porous fluoropolymer films
A method for preparing thin fluoropolymer (PTFE) films, said method generally having the steps of: a) providing an unsintered fluoropolymer film; b) pre-sintering expansion of the film; c)...
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5510176 |
Polytetrafluoroethylene porous film
The polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) porous film of the invention is characterized in that the film is formed from a PTFE resin molding powder obtained by suspension polymerization and has a porosity...
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EP0515387B1 |
A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF LOW DENSITY POLYTETROFLUOROETHYLENE INSULATED CABLE
Abstract not available for EP0515387 Abstract of corresponding document: US4999146 An improved process for manufacturing low density polytetrofluoroethylene insulated cable using a paste type...
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5433996 |
Laminated patch tissue repair sheet material
A sheet of implantable patch tissue repair material comprising a layer of porous polytetrafluoroethylene sheet material laminated to a layer of mesh-type sheet material having a multiplicity of...
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5433909 |
Method of making controlled porosity expanded polytetrafluoroethylene products
A method of forming porous articles with a varying pore distribution by extrusion from a billet with a varying lubricant distribution. A single-polymer polytetrafluoroethylene is extruded and then...
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5358678 |
Polytetrafluoroethylene porous film and process for preparing the same
A polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) porous film is formed from a PTFE resin molding powder obtained by suspension polymerization. The film has a porosity of 40 to 80% and a removal ratio of uniform...
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5262234 |
Polyetrafluoroethylene fiber containing conductive filler
A fiber of expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene in which an amount of a conductive particulate filler is incorporated imparting a measure of conductivity to the fiber is disclosed. The fiber may...
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5209251 |
Dental floss
A dental floss is produced from expanded polytetrafluoroethylene that has been coated with a friction enhancing coating such as a microcrystalline wax to increase the friction coefficient of the...
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EP0515387A1 |
A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF LOW DENSITY POLYTETROFLUOROETHYLENE INSULATED CABLE.
Abstract not available for EP0515387 Abstract of corresponding document: US4999146 An improved process for manufacturing low density polytetrofluoroethylene insulated cable using a paste type...
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4863792 |
Multi-layer laminates of microporous films
Multi-layer, microporous polyolefin sheet materials are provided. The sheet materials comprise at least two microporous polyolefin layers, the layers being autogenously bonded and having...
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