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Methods for manufacturing a stent frame

  • US 9,700,442 B2
  • Filed: 11/11/2014
  • Issued: 07/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of fabricating an articulated support structure, comprising:

  • placing a plurality of pins through openings in an alignment plate;

    placing a plurality of eyelets onto the plurality of pins;

    layering a plurality of strut members each having a plurality of orifices onto the plurality of pins by placing the pins through the orifices;

    connecting the plurality of strut members into a chain having a first end and a second end by swaging the eyelets; and

    wrapping the chain into a tubular structure by connecting the first and second ends of the chain.

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