Laminated patch tissue repair sheet material
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorsThane L. Kranzler, Michael L. McDonald
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Abstract
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 openings through the mesh-type sheet material, said openings having a mean minimum diameter of at least about 0.1 mm. The inventive patch tissue repair material offers good strength characteristics, good biocompatibility, suture retention, and flexibility.
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A sheet of implantable patch tissue repair material consisting essentially of a layer of porous polytetrafluoroethylene sheet material laminated to a layer of mesh-type sheet material having a multiplicity of openings through the mesh-type sheet material, said openings having a mean minimum diameter of at least about 0.1 mm.
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