Patent 7332641 was granted and assigned to Clozex Medical on February, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Disclosed are methods for producing an interlaced device or composition which includes at least a first and a second interlaced element. Each interlaced element includes a mated first and second part, the first part having two termini and the second part having two termini, and a defined central void through which the other interlaced element passes. The method includes the processing and mating of a first and a second substrate layer, each including a top surface, a bottom surface and a mating zone. The first substrate layer includes a portion corresponding to a first part of a first interlaced element and a first part of a second interlaced element. The second substrate layer includes a portion corresponding to a second part of a first interlaced element and a second part of a second interlaced element. Also disclosed are interlaced devices or compositions.