TEXTILES, IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES USING SUCH TEXTILES, AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING THE SAME

A 3-D honeycomb textile can include a textured yarn. The textile can exhibit a heat-shrinkage rate from about 10% to about 60%. The textile can be configured to reversibly change its dimensions under application of stress. Prosthetic valves can have the disclosed textiles as a sealing member. Additi...

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Hauptverfasser: PAWAR, Sandip Vasant, LADDHA, Arpit, CHHE, Chambory
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Zusammenfassung:A 3-D honeycomb textile can include a textured yarn. The textile can exhibit a heat-shrinkage rate from about 10% to about 60%. The textile can be configured to reversibly change its dimensions under application of stress. Prosthetic valves can have the disclosed textiles as a sealing member. Additionally, prosthetic valves can the disclosed textiles as cushion materials. In addition, methods of making the disclosed textiles and prosthetic valves are described.