Support material for medical purposes

US6074965A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BEIERSDORF AG · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Bodenschatz · Buxtehude, DE
• Peter Himmelsbach · Buxtehude, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 1996
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2000
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T442/406
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Support material for medical purposes, which is characterized in that an addition of high-strength fibers or threads on an organic or inorganic base with a maximum tensile strength over 60 cN/tex gives the support material a maximum tensile strength of over 2 N/cm and the support material has mainly a maximum tensile strength of under 400%.