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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2022
Applicant:
Zeus Company Inc., Orangeburg, SC (US);
Inventors:
James M. Lindsey, Lexington, SC (US);
Bruce L. Anneaux, Lexington, SC (US);
Zahidul Wahab, Orangeburg, SC (US);
Assignee:
Zeus Company LLC, Orangeburg, SC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/91 (2012.12); A61L 29/08 (2005.12); A61L 31/10 (2005.12); B29C 49/00 (2005.12); A61M 25/00 (2005.12); A61M 25/10 (2012.12); B29L 31/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 49/071 (2022.04); A61F 2/91 (2012.12); A61L 29/085 (2012.12); A61L 31/10 (2012.12); A61F 2240/001 (2012.12); A61M 25/0009 (2012.12); A61M 25/104 (2012.12); B29C 2949/08 (2022.04); B29L 2031/7534 (2012.12);
Abstract
The disclosure provides methods for expanding a polymeric tube using one or more deformable members. The methods can involve disposing the polymeric tube within the one or more deformable members and radially deforming the polymeric tube and the one or more deformable members. The rate of deformation of the polymeric tube and/or the extent of deformation of the one or more polymeric tubes can advantageously be controlled along one or more axes by at least one of the one or more deformable members.