A cusp die for producing melt-blown non-woven fabric is provided, defining a sagittal plane, a main extension direction on the sagittal plane, a first flank and a second flank mutually bounded by the sagittal plane and including an ejection portion extending along the main extension direction and designed to convey, in use, polymeric fluid towards an external air blade, at least one extrusion pipe configured to convey the polymeric fluid towards the ejection portion, a plurality of holes arranged in the ejection portion, placed in fluidic through connection with the extrusion pipe and communicating with the outside, wherein the holes are arranged along at least one first row and a second row that are distinct and arranged respectively at the first flank and the second flank.

The present invention is an endoscope hemostatic material comprising a sheet-like nonwoven fabric that is formed from a hydrophobic material that has a bulk density of 40 to 110 mg/cm.sup.3 and a film thickness of 400 to 1400 μm, and also an endoscope hemostatic material comprising a sheet-like nonwoven fabric that is formed from a hydrophobic material and that has an area density of 5.0 to 11.0 mg/cm.sup.3 and an average fiber diameter of 0.5 to 0.8 μm, either of which is suitable for treatment of bleeding through an endoscope.

Described are very high molecular weight (e.g., over 2 million, such as 3-20 million g/mol) starch-based materials, and formulations including such, which can be spun in spunbond, melt blown, yarn, or similar processes. Even with such very high molecular weights, the formulations can be processed at commercial line speeds, with spinneret shear viscosities of 1000 sec.sup.−1, without onset of melt flow instability. The starch-based material can be blended with one or more thermoplastic materials having higher melt flow index value(s), which serve as a diluent and plasticizer, allowing the very viscous starch-based component to be spun under such conditions. The particular melt flow index characteristics of the thermoplastic diluent material can be selected based on what type of process is being used (e.g., spunbond, melt blown, yarn, etc.). The starch-based material may exhibit high shear sensitivity, strain hardening behavior, and/or very high critical shear stress (e.g., at least 125 kPa).

A meltblown nonwoven fabric is provided. The meltblown nonwoven fabric includes a plurality of meltblown fibers adhered to each other. The material of each of the meltblown fibers includes a polyetherimide and a polyimide, or the material of each of the meltblown fibers includes a polyphenylene sulfide and a polyimide, wherein the glass transition temperature of the polyimide is between 128° C. and 169° C., the 10% thermogravimetric loss temperature of the polyimide is between 490° C. and 534° C., and when the polyimide is dissolved in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and the solid content of the polyimide is 30 wt %, the viscosity of the polyimide is between 100 cP and 250 cP.

Nonwoven fabrics including a first spunmelt through-air-bonded (TAB) nonwoven layer comprising a first plurality of spunmelt fibers, in which the first plurality of spunmelt fibers comprise a biopolymer. The first plurality of spunmelt fibers may be physically entangled with cellulosic fibers, such by hydroentangling. Methods of forming a nonwoven fabric including a first spunmelt TAB nonwoven layer are also provided.

A plant for making melt-blown type non-woven fabric including a distributor including at least one main access for placing in fluid passage connection with a main conduit of a case for conveying polymeric fluid and a plurality of secondary accesses for placing in fluid passage connection each with a respective secondary conduit of the case for conveying gas; a dispenser in fluid passage connection with the distributor, for dispersing polymeric filaments from the polymeric fluid and including at least one spinneret for forming the polymeric filaments and an air blade for receiving gas to guide the polymeric filaments exiting the dispenser. The spinneret comprises includes a plurality of pinnacles flanked and each including a main outlet for conveying polymeric fluid. towards a respective delivery direction. The air blade is to convey gas jets to converge towards each delivery direction.

A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapling instrument includes a staple cartridge including a plurality of staples and a cartridge deck. The staple cartridge assembly also includes a compressible adjunct positionable against the cartridge deck, wherein the staples are deployable into tissue captured against the compressible adjunct, and wherein the compressible adjunct comprises a first biocompatible layer comprising a first portion, a second biocompatible layer comprising a second portion, and crossed spacer fibers extending between the first portion and the second portion.

A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapling instrument includes a staple cartridge including a plurality of staples and a cartridge deck. The staple cartridge assembly also includes a compressible adjunct positionable against the cartridge deck, wherein the staples are deployable into tissue captured against the compressible adjunct, and wherein the compressible adjunct comprises a first biocompatible layer comprising a first portion, a second biocompatible layer comprising a second portion, and crossed spacer fibers extending between the first portion and the second portion.

An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for producing a nanofiber by using a melt blown method improving productivity.

A pellet-shaped raw material (resin) fed into a hopper 2 is supplied and melted in a heating cylinder 3 heated by a heater 4, and sent to a front part of the heating cylinder 3 by a screw 5 rotated by a motor 6. The heating cylinder 3 is provided with a head portion 7, and a high-pressure gas is ejected from the gas ejection hole 71 provided at a center of the head portion 7. The molten resin sent to an end of the heating cylinder 3 is discharged from a resin discharge hole 73 having six superfine tubes provided in a downstream side of the resin ejection hole 73 through inside of the head portion 7. The molten resin discharged from the resin discharge hole 73 is elongated and a fiber having nanometer-order diameter can be formed.

The present invention relates to polypropylene non-woven fabric having excellent loft property, a method for preparing polypropylene non-woven fabric having excellent loft property, and a method for evaluating the properties of the polypropylene resin.