Expanded PTFE articles and method of making same

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2007-10-01

2011-11-01

Nutter, Nathan M (Department: 1765)

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C606S231000, C525S199000

Reexamination Certificate

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08048111

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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