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US 2024/0287221 A1Published application
Crosslinked ptfe
AssigneeZeus Co., Ltd.
InventorsRobert L. Ballard, John Richard Campanelli, Patrick Cooper, Justin A. Marro, Douglas Lee Tourville, Bhavya Singhi
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Abstract
The present application relates generally to tubes, such as thin walled catheter liners with small wall thicknesses (e.g., less than 1 mm), including crosslinked fluoropolymers, e.g., crosslinked poly(tetrafluoroethylene). The disclosure further provides methods of manufacturing such tubes and systems for manufacturing such tubes.
Claims12
1-22. (canceled)
A tube having a wall thickness of less than 1 mm,
- wherein the tube consists essentially of crosslinked poly(tetrafluoroethylene), optionally chemically modified with at least one reactive species;
- and
- wherein the crosslinked poly(tetrafluoroethylene) has been crosslinked in an inert atmosphere containing a reactive species.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.