Serially deposited fiber materials and associated devices and methods

US10799617B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Merit Medical Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Wayne Mower · Bountiful, US
• John William Hall · North Salt Lake, US
• Rachel Lynn Simmons · Bountiful, US
• Bart Dolmatch · Palo Alto, US
• F. Mark Ferguson · Salt Lake City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 13, 2020
• Expiry date: May 8, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T442/681
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Fibrous materials and methods of manufacturing fibrous materials are disclosed. In particular, this application discloses methods of making and processing serially deposited fibrous structures, such as serially deposited fibrous mats. Serially deposited fibrous mats may be used in implantable medical devices with various characteristics and features. Serially deposited fibrous mats of various mat thickness, fiber size, porosity, pore size, and fiber density are disclosed. Additionally, serially deposited fibrous mats having various amounts of fiber structures (such as intersections, branches, and bundles) per unit area are also disclosed.