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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2018
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Jerry J. Stastka, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Tyson J. Skelton, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/95 (2013.01); D04C 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/9525 (2020.05); D04C 3/48 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed apparatuses, systems and methods that include forming a constraining mechanism for an implantable medical device delivery. The apparatuses, systems and methods may include reducing a diameter of the implantable medical from a deployed diameter to a reduced diameter and interlocking one or more fibers along a length of the implantable medical device while the implantable medical device is in the reduced diameter to form the constraining mechanism.