Expanded PTFE articles and method of making same

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2007-10-01

2008-11-04

Edwards, N (Department: 1794)

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand,...

Rod, strand, filament or fiber

C428S394000, C428S421000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07445843

ABSTRACT:
Unique PTFE structures comprising islands of PTFE attached to an underlying expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) structure and to methods of making such structures is disclosed. The ePTFE material may or may not have been exposed to amorphous locking temperatures. These unique structures exhibit islands of PTFE attached to and raised above the expanded PTFE structures.

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