US 12,440,606 B2
Serially deposited fiber materials and associated devices and methods
Wayne L. Mower, Bountiful, UT (US); John William Hall, North Salt Lake, UT (US); Rachel L. Simmons, North Salt Lake, UT (US); Bart Dolmatch, Palo Alto, CA (US); and F. Mark Ferguson, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed by Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/068,627.
Application 17/068,627 is a continuation of application No. 14/207,344, filed on Mar. 12, 2014, granted, now 10,799,617.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/847,875, filed on Jul. 18, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/780,646, filed on Mar. 13, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0162098 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61L 27/16 (2006.01); A61L 29/04 (2006.01); A61L 29/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); B29C 55/04 (2006.01); B29K 27/18 (2006.01); D01D 5/00 (2006.01); D01D 5/18 (2006.01); D01F 6/12 (2006.01); F16L 11/11 (2006.01); F16L 11/115 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 27/50 (2013.01) [A61L 27/16 (2013.01); A61L 29/041 (2013.01); A61L 29/146 (2013.01); A61L 31/048 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); F16L 11/11 (2013.01); F16L 11/115 (2013.01); B29C 55/04 (2013.01); B29K 2027/18 (2013.01); D01D 5/0007 (2013.01); D01D 5/0076 (2013.01); D01D 5/18 (2013.01); D01F 6/12 (2013.01); Y10T 442/60 (2015.04); Y10T 442/626 (2015.04); Y10T 442/643 (2015.04); Y10T 442/681 (2015.04)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A polymeric material comprising:
a membrane comprised of serially deposited polymeric fibers, the polymeric fibers having been stretched in a first direction after the fibers are serially deposited; and
pores between the deposited polymeric fibers, wherein the average pore diameter is from 1 μm to 10 μm.