Title:
BARRIER WEBS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1996036757
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Products and methods for controlling the porosity and permeation of a web are provided using a curable thixotropic shear thinnable polymer composition that preferably encapsulates a plurality of fibers of the web and/or forms an internal layer within the web. Webs suitable for several different uses are featured, for example medical garments resistant to permeation by a virus or bacteria. The effective pore size of the web is controlled by regulating various factors such as the thickness of the polymer composition encapsulating the fibers and the thickness and placement of the internal polymer layer. Other factors include the polymer density, structure, and crosslinking orientation, as well as the diffusion, permeation and sorption of the polymer.
Inventors:
CALDWELL JAMES MICHAEL
ELLMAN PETER
ELLMAN PETER
Application Number:
PCT/US1996/007156
Publication Date:
April 03, 1997
Filing Date:
May 17, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NEXTEC APPLICATIONS INC (US)
International Classes:
A61F5/44; A41D31/00; A61F13/00; A61F13/15; A61F13/49; A61F13/53; A61L15/16; A61L15/26; A61L15/44; A61L15/52; B05C3/18; B05C11/02; B32B5/18; C14C9/00; C14C11/00; D04H1/42; D04H1/58; D04H1/64; D04H13/00; D06B15/08; D06M10/00; D06M10/10; D06M15/256; D06M15/263; D06M15/356; D06M15/564; D06M15/643; D06M15/653; D06M15/657; D06N3/00; D06N3/04; D06N3/12; D06N7/00; D21H17/59; D21H19/32; D21H25/06; B05C11/04; (IPC1-7): D04H1/64
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1989008553A1 | 1989-09-21 | |||
| WO1991006007A1 | 1991-05-02 |
Foreign References:
| DE3044352A1 | 1982-06-24 | |||
| EP0424130A1 | 1991-04-24 | |||
| DE2105019A1 | 1971-08-19 |
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