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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2022
Microvention, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
James M. Thompson, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Brian J. Cox, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Robert Rosenbluth, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Philippe Marchand, Lake Forest, CA (US);
John Nolting, Poway, CA (US);
Darrin J. Kent, Murrieta, CA (US);
Tan Q. Dinh, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Hung P. Tran, Westminster, CA (US);
James A. Milburn, Irvine, CA (US);
MICROVENTION, INC., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of braiding using a braiding mechanism are described. The braiding mechanism includes a disc defining a plane and a circumferential edge, a mandrel extending from a center of the disc that is adapted to hold a plurality of filaments extending radially from the mandrel toward the circumferential edge of the disc, a plurality of catch mechanisms positioned circumferentially around the edge of the disc, a plurality of actuators adapted to move the plurality of catch mechanisms in a substantially radial direction relative to the circumferential edge of the disc, and a plurality of filaments extending radially from the mandrel towards circumferential edge of the disc. A middle portion of each filament of the plurality of filaments contacts an end of the mandrel.