SLEEVES FOR EXPANDABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
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1. A medical device comprising:
- an expandable implant having a lumen comprising a central axis; and
a constraining sleeve having a first end profile and a second end profile, wherein the constraining sleeve surrounds at least a portion of the expandable implant and constrains the expandable implant in a configuration having a diameter less than the diameter of an unconstrained diameter of the expandable implant, and wherein the first end profile and the second end profile are non-perpendicular.
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes treatment of the vasculature of a patient with an expandable implant. The implant is surrounded and constrained by one or more constraining sleeves. One or more of these sleeves comprise an end profile with a desired shape.
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20 Claims
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1. A medical device comprising:
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an expandable implant having a lumen comprising a central axis; and a constraining sleeve having a first end profile and a second end profile, wherein the constraining sleeve surrounds at least a portion of the expandable implant and constrains the expandable implant in a configuration having a diameter less than the diameter of an unconstrained diameter of the expandable implant, and wherein the first end profile and the second end profile are non-perpendicular. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An implantable medical device comprising:
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an expandable implant having lumen comprising a central axis; and a first constraining sleeve; and a second constraining sleeve having an end profile, wherein a face formed by the end profile has an angle less than 90 degrees relative to the central axis of the lumen. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A sleeve comprising:
a sheet of material having a first and second end, wherein one of the first and second ends comprises a two dimensional shape comprising a first line and a second line, wherein the first line and the second line are not parallel to each other. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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