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Method and apparatus for making intraluminal implants and construction particularly useful in such method and apparatus

  • US 20040254633A1
  • Filed: 06/08/2004
  • Published: 12/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of making a braided intraluminal implant, comprising:

  • providing a mandrel having at least one small-diameter section joined at least at one end to a large-diameter section;

    interweaving a plurality of filaments to form a tubular braid enclosing at least a part of said small-diameter section and at least a part of said large-diameter section;

    and cutting said tubular braid to produce a tubular braid segment having outwardly flared ends at its opposite ends.

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