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DURABLE MULTI-LAYER HIGH STRENGTH POLYMER COMPOSITE SUITABLE FOR IMPLANT AND ARTICLES PRODUCED THEREFROM

  • US 20120323315A1
  • Filed: 05/31/2012
  • Published: 12/20/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable article for regulating blood flow direction in a human patient, comprising:

  • a leaflet having a thickness and formed from a composite material having more than one fluoropolymer layer having a plurality of pores and an elastomer present in substantially all of the pores of the more than one fluoropolymer layer, the leaflet having a ratio of leaflet thickness (μ

    m) to number of layers of fluoropolymer of less than about 5.

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