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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2014
Sequent Medical, 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);
Sequent Medical, Inc, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
A braiding machine and methods of braiding are described. The braiding machine includes first and second annular members having inclined surfaces, the second annular member being concentric with the first annular member. The inclined surfaces are inclined at a non-zero angle formed between an axis of the outer ring and a horizontal axis that lies perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the mandrel. Each of the annular members has a plurality of tubular guide wires slideably mounted thereon and a plurality of wires extend from the mandrel through each of the tubular wire guides. One of the first and second annular members rotates circumferentially relative to the other. The first plurality of tubular wire guides slides radially inward so as to align with the second annular member, and the second plurality of tubular wire guides slides radially outward so as to align with the first annular member.