Patent ID: 9155820
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. A skin substitute production means, the skin substitute comprised of two layers of material, a membrane layer and a nylon weave, the membrane layer fixedly attached to the nylon weave during manufacture of the skin substitute, the membrane layer and nylon weave made from non-organic material, the membrane layer possessing a plurality of pores arranged across its surface in a pattern, the skin substitute production means further comprised of a thin plate and a vacuum box, the thin plate a rectangular, flat, rigid surface comprised of an aluminum honeycomb structure with a low density, while remaining flat when subjected to 800 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of at least fifteen minutes, the low density of the plate giving it low heat sinking properties, the thin plate having a plurality of vacuum holes, the vacuum holes drilled through the plate in a characteristic shape, the vacuum holes scattered about the plate in a random pattern, the thin plate covered with a baked-on low adhesion coating, the low adhesion coating a thin coating that covers the upper surface of the thin plate, the low adhesion coating comprised of a substance that reduces the physical adhesion between the plate and any material placed on it, the vacuum box a hollow box that when mated with the thin plate makes a vacuum seal, and means for removing excess material from the membrane layer, wherein the means for removing excess material from the membrane layer is an absorbent material.