NONWOVEN RADIOPAQUE MATERIAL FOR MEDICAL GARMENTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME
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May 22, 2008
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The present invention provides a breathable, lightweight material which has radiopaque qualities and is easy to produce. In the preferred embodiment, a lightweight fabric, such as a surgical mask liner or an entire surgical gown, is formed by mixing a lightweight radiopaque compound, such as barium sulfate, with a polymer filler, preferably polyethylene, to impart radiopaque qualities to the mixture, then extruding the mixture into a plurality of filaments to form a porous, nonwoven fabric mass, and forming the filament mass into a web suitable to be used as a garment liner or ply in a multi-ply fabric.
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