Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microcapillary films and foams suitable for capillary action fluid transport
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Application No.: US14367550Application Date: 2012-12-21
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Publication No.: US09701798B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Luis G. Zalamea Bustillo , Rudolf J. Koopmans , Miguel A. Prieto Goubert , Colmar Wocke
- Applicant: Dow Global Technololgies LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Midland
- Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Midland
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2012/071116 WO 20121221
- International Announcement: WO2013/096714 WO 20130627
- Main IPC: C08J5/18
- IPC: C08J5/18 ; B32B27/06 ; C08J9/35 ; B29D7/01 ; B32B3/20 ; B32B5/18 ; B29C44/50 ; B29C47/00 ; B29C47/14 ; B29K105/04 ; B29L23/00 ; B29K23/00 ; B29K25/00 ; B29K67/00 ; B29K75/00 ; B29K77/00

Abstract:
The instant invention provides microcapillary films and/or foams suitable for capillary action fluid transport. The inventive microcapillary film and/or foam containing suitable for capillary action fluid transport according to the present invention has a first end and a second end, and comprises: (a) a matrix comprising a thermoplastic material, and (b) at least one or more channels disposed in parallel in said matrix from the first end to the second end of said microcapillary film and/or foam, wherein said one or more channels are at least 1 μm apart from each other, wherein each said one or more channels have a diameter in the range of at least 1 μm; wherein said microcapillary film and/or foam has a thickness in the range of from 2 μm to 2000 μm.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150315345A1 Microcapillary Films and Foams Suitable for Capillary Action Fluid Transport Public/Granted day:2015-11-05
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