Porous structure of polytetrafluoroethylene and process for production thereof
First Claim
1. A unitary porous structure of polytetrafluoroethylene having a microfibrous structure composed of fibers and nodes connected to one another by these fibers, said microfibrous structure having at one surface a strong orientation of fiber in one direction and at another surface a strong orientation of nodes sintered by means of heating above 327°
- C. resulting in melt-adhesion of the nodes connected to one another in a direction at right angles to the aforesaid direction, the orientation of said microfibrous structure progressively changing from one surface to the other.
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Abstract
A porous polytetrafluoroethylene material is disclosed having a molecular microfibrous structure having, at one surface, a strong orientation in a given direction and, at another opposite surface, a strong orientation and a direction at right angles to the first, in which the orientation of the microfibrous structure progressively changes from one surface to the other. A process for preparing such an element is also disclosed.
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11 Claims
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1. A unitary porous structure of polytetrafluoroethylene having a microfibrous structure composed of fibers and nodes connected to one another by these fibers, said microfibrous structure having at one surface a strong orientation of fiber in one direction and at another surface a strong orientation of nodes sintered by means of heating above 327°
- C. resulting in melt-adhesion of the nodes connected to one another in a direction at right angles to the aforesaid direction, the orientation of said microfibrous structure progressively changing from one surface to the other.
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2. A porous tubing of polytetrafluoroethylene having a microfibrous structure composed of fibers and nodes connected to one another by these fibers, the average pore diameter of the outside surface of said tubing being larger than that of its inside surface, and said fibrous structure changing progressively within the wall of the tubing from its inside surface in which the fibrous structure has a strong orientation of fibers in the axial direction of the tubing to its outside surface in which the fibrous structure has a strong orientation of nodes sintered by means of heating above 327°
- C. resulting in melt-adhesion of the nodes connected to one another around the axis of the tubing.
- View Dependent Claims (3)
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4. A vascular prosthesis which is in the form of a porous tubing of polytetrafluoroethylene having a microfibrous structure composed of fibers and nodes connected to one another by these fibers, the average pore diameter of the outside surface of said tubing being larger than that of its inside surface, and said fibrous structure changing progressively within the wall of the tubing from its inside surface in which the fibrous structure has a strong orientation of fibers in the axial direction of the tubing to its outside surface in which the fibrous structure has a strong orientation of nodes sintered by means of heating above 327°
- resulting in melt-adhesion of the nodes connected to one another around the axis of the tubing.
- View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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