US 12,251,497 B2
Indicator marking technology for textiles
Brian McMurray, Aberdeen, NC (US); Mark Wesley Jessup, Whispering Pines, NC (US); Tim Warner, Whispering Pines, NC (US); Gary Webb Broussard, Jr., Carthage, NC (US); David B. Carroll, Pinehurst, NC (US); and Morgan Gwaltney, Pinehurst, NC (US)
Assigned to ATEX Technologies, Inc., Pinebluff, NC (US)
Filed by Atex Technologies, Inc., Pinebluff, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/471,835.
Application 17/471,835 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/022796, filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/818,099, filed on Mar. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0056634 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 27/50 (2006.01); D03D 3/02 (2006.01); D03D 15/283 (2021.01); D03D 15/41 (2021.01); D04B 1/16 (2006.01); D04B 21/16 (2006.01); D04C 1/02 (2006.01); D06M 10/00 (2006.01); D06M 101/18 (2006.01); D06M 101/32 (2006.01); D06Q 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 27/507 (2013.01) [D03D 3/02 (2013.01); D03D 15/283 (2021.01); D03D 15/41 (2021.01); D04B 1/16 (2013.01); D04B 21/16 (2013.01); D04C 1/02 (2013.01); D06M 10/001 (2013.01); D06M 10/005 (2013.01); D06Q 1/00 (2013.01); D06M 2101/18 (2013.01); D06M 2101/32 (2013.01); D10B 2321/0211 (2013.01); D10B 2331/04 (2013.01); D10B 2509/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A marked medical textile comprises:
a medical textile; the medical textile including a primary yarn and a secondary yarn; and
a marking indicator, the marking indicator comprises a marking from a UV laser, the marking indicator being aligned parallel to a portion of the secondary yarn of the medical textile to preserve mechanical performance; wherein the preservation of mechanical performance of the marked medical textile comprises a burst strength substantially equal to an unmarked medical textile.