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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2024
Applicants:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Inventors:
Clay W. Northrop, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ted W. Layman, Park City, UT (US);
David P. Marceau, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignees:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); B28B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0051 (2013.01); A61M 25/0013 (2013.01); A61M 25/0054 (2013.01); A61M 25/0068 (2013.01); B28B 21/00 (2013.01); A61M 25/0138 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of making a medical device includes: obtaining an assembly having a tubular structure, a polymeric tube, and a stretched rod, wherein the stretched rod is inside a lumen of the polymeric tube, and wherein the polymeric tube is between the tubular structure and the stretched rod; and expanding the stretched rod to urge the polymeric tube radially outward towards an inner surface of the tubular structure.