Patent ID: 11898282
Assignee: INCEPTUS MEDICAL, LLC
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 19:
20. A method of forming a tubular braid from a plurality of filaments, the method comprising:
coupling one of a plurality of weights to each of the filaments to tension the filaments;
positioning individual ones of the weights in corresponding ones of a plurality of elongate members;
driving a first set of the elongate members radially inward toward a central axis relative to a second set of the elongate members, wherein the elongate members each receive an individual one of the filaments and individual one of the weights, and wherein the elongate members extend through a corresponding one of a plurality of slots;
rotating the first set of the elongate members about the central axis relative to the second set of the elongate members; and
driving the first set of the elongate members radially outward away from the central axis relative to the second set of the elongate members.