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US 8,940,041 B2Granted
Woven fabric with shape memory element strands
AssigneeCook Medical Technologies LLC
InventorsJames M. Carlson, Shyam S.V. Kuppurathanam, Fred T. Parker, Rebecca Sue Todd
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a woven fabric for use in an implantable medical device. The woven fabric has shape memory element strands woven with textile strands. At least one of the shape memory element strands has at least one float of at least five textile strands between binding points.
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A method of producing a woven fabric for an implantable medical device comprising the steps of:
- providing textile strands and shape memory element strands to be aligned in a first direction;
- and
- providing textile strands to be aligned in a second direction;
- and
- weaving the shape memory element strands and textile strands to produce a woven fabric;
- where at least one of the shape memory element strands is woven to have at least one float of at least five textile strands in the second direction.
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A method of producing a woven fabric for an implantable medical device comprising the steps of:
- providing textile strands and shape memory element strands to be aligned in a first direction;
- and
- providing textile strands to be aligned in a second direction;
- and weaving the shape memory element strands and textile strands to produce a woven fabric;
- where at least one of the shape memory element strands is woven to have at least one float of at least five textile strands in the second direction;
- and where the woven fabric has low porosity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.