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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Aurelian Ioan Furcoiu, Oswego, IL (US);
Abstract
A stent spring for repairing a pipe includes a substantially tubular mesh structure defining a first structure end and a second structure end opposite the first structure end, the substantially tubular mesh structure comprising a plurality of strands comprising a spring material, wherein the stent spring is expandable and compressible between an expanded configuration and a compressed configuration; and a void extending through the substantially tubular mesh structure from the first structure end to the second structure end, a central axis extending through a center of the void; wherein the plurality of strands comprises a plurality of annular rows of contiguous circular strands, each annular row connected to each adjacent annular row by a connecting strand of the plurality of strands.