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US 2024/0401723 A1Published application
Tubes and methods of expanding and/or contracting tubes
AssigneeQmax, LLC
InventorRobert C. LADUCA
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Abstract
Passively expandable and contractable tubes, dynamically expandable and contractable tubes, and non-expandable tubes and methods of using the same are disclosed. Tubes having one or multiple layers are disclosed. Tubes having one or multiple reinforcements are disclosed. Tubes comprising radial ePTFE and/or axial ePTFE are disclosed.
Claims30
An expandable tubing comprising:
- a tube body;
- and
- a reinforcement positioned on and/or within a wall of the tube body, where the reinforcement and the tube body are expandable from a neutral state to an expanded state, and where the reinforcement is configured to inhibit or prevent the tube body from kinking.
An expandable tubing comprising:
- a tube body;
- and
- a reinforcement positioned on and/or within a wall of the tube body, where the reinforcement and the tube body are expandable from a neutral state to an expanded state, where the reinforcement is configured to transmit a compressive force along a length of the tube body and/or is configured to transmit a torque along the tube body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.