US Patent Issued to ATEX Technologies on Dec. 2 for "Integrally woven or knitted textile with pouch and methods of making the same" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,599, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ATEX Technologies Inc. (Pinebluff, N.C.).

"Integrally woven or knitted textile with pouch and methods of making the same" was invented by Paul Van Hulle (Pinehurst, N.C.), Colleen Kaiser (Pinehurst, N.C.) and Stephanie Booz Norris (Rocky Point, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrally woven textile, such as a tubular graft or sheet, includes a base textile layer and at least one pouch, tab, or flap. The at least one pouch, tab, or flap is integrally woven from at least a portion of a same set of yarns as the base textile layer to define a single opening for access to an open inner space ...