Method of preforming an implantable polymeric endoluminal support structure
AssigneeStentit B.V.
InventorsBart SANDERS, Golo VON BASUM, Maria Alida Antonia TROMMELEN, Arturo Miguel LICHAUCO
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of preforming an implantable polymeric endoluminal support structure for delivery and deployment into a body, the method including: —forming a fibrillated tubular structure made of polymeric fibers, said fibrillated tubular structure having a first diameter, and —crimping the fibrillated tubular structure down to a second diameter, said second diameter being smaller than the first diameter.
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A method of preforming an implantable polymeric endoluminal support structure for delivery and deployment into a body, the method including:
- forming a fibrillated tubular structure made of polymeric fibers, said fibrillated tubular structure having a first diameter, and
- crimping the fibrillated tubular structure down to a second diameter, said second diameter being smaller than the first diameter.
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