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US 10,010,395 B2Granted
Composite prosthetic devices
AssigneeZeus Industrial Products, Inc.
InventorsSabrina D. Puckett, Joshua Manasco, Robert L. Ballard, Bruce L. Anneaux
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides composite prosthetic devices including two or more layers of electrospun polymers and methods of preparation thereof. In some embodiments, the two or more layers can be porous and in other embodiments, one or more components is nonporous. The composite prosthetic devices can include various materials and the properties of the prosthetic devices can be tailored for use in a range of different applications.
Claims19
A method for producing a composite prosthetic device comprising:
- combining, to give a composite prosthetic device precursor, (i) a structural frame, (ii) one or more first porous layers comprising electrospun poly(tetrafluoroethylene), (iii) one or more second porous layers comprising a first electrospun polymer, (iv) one or more third porous layers comprising electrospun poly(tetrafluoroethylene), and (v) one or more fourth porous layers comprising a second electrospun polymer, wherein at least one of the one or more second porous layers is disposed on at least part of a first side of the structural frame, and at least one of the one or more first porous layers is disposed on the at least one of the one or more second porous layers, and wherein at least one of the one or more fourth porous layers is disposed on at least part of a second side of the structural frame, and at least one of the one or more third porous layers is disposed on the at least one of the one or more fourth porous layers;
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- applying pressure, heat, or both pressure and heat to the composite prosthetic device precursor to provide the composite prosthetic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.