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HEAT-TREATED BRAIDED INTRAVASCULAR DEVICES AND METHODS

  • US 20160081825A1
  • Filed: 10/09/2015
  • Published: 03/24/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A product made by a process, the process comprising:

  • braiding a plurality of wires to form a tubular structure that is capable of being manipulated such that a region of the tubular structure changes in diameter from a first dimension to a second dimension different from the first dimension;

    initially heat-treating the tubular structure while the region is in the first dimension;

    changing the diameter of the tubular structure such that the region achieves the second dimension; and

    subsequently heat-treating the tubular structure while the region is in the second dimension.

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