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Non-woven fiber fabric

US8226970B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

GELITA AG · DE

Inventors

Michael Ahlers · Mainz, DE
Denis Reibel · Herrlisheim, FR
Jutta Hoffmann · Schallstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 28, 2009
Grant date	Jul 24, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 28, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T442/626
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to provide a non-woven fiber fabric, in particular, in the form of a flat material or as part of a flat material which can be used as a biodegradable material in medicine, in particular, as an implant or carrier material for living cells (tissue engineering) but also a non-woven fiber fabric which can be used in food technology in a variety of applications, in particular, as a preliminary product for foods, a non-woven fiber fabric is provided containing fibers consisting of a gelatin material, wherein the thickness of the fibers is on average 1 to 500 μm and wherein the non-woven fiber fabric has a plurality of areas, at which two or more fibers merge into one another without any phase boundary.

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