Surpass Medical Ltd

Gilad Cibulski

Boaz Nishri

Yaniv Fouks

A braided device comprising: filaments of a first type and of a second type, the second type differing from the first type in at least one characteristic; the first type of filaments defining an integral symmetrical 1&#xd7;1 sub-pattern; and the combination of the first type of filaments and the second type of filaments being braided together into a braided device exhibiting a uniform braid pattern.

Mixed wire braided device with structural integrity

A method of and an apparatus for making a braided intraluminal implant, by 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 the small-diameter section and at least a part of the large-diameter section; and cutting the tubular braid to produce a tubular braid segment having outwardly flared ends at its opposite ends. One flared end is produced by the large-diameter section of the mandrel, and the opposite outwardly flared end may be produced either by another large-diameter section of the mandrel, or by cutting the tubular braid at a portion formed by the small-diameter section of the mandrel but at a location wherein the release of stresses in the filaments inherently produces an outward flaring of the braid at that end.

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

A striped braided element comprising: a first set of members having a common direction of winding, the center axis of said first set of members being axially displaced relative to each other in relation to a common braiding axis; and a second set of members having an opposite direction of winding, the center axis of the second set of members being axially displaced relative to each other in relation to the common braiding axis, the braided element exhibiting a uniform uninterrupted braid pattern and an average uniform distance between the center axis of members having a common direction of winding at a particular circumferential section along the common braiding axis; characterized by having at least one stripe comprising two adjacent members of the same set exhibiting a significantly reduced distance between the center axis of the adjacent members in the particular circumferential section.

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Moshav Herut, Israel

Gilad Cibulski