Patent ID: 9668859
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A medical device comprising: an elongate sleeve having a distal end and a proximal end; a plurality of apertures in the sleeve adjacent the distal end; an elastic stent frame comprising a plurality of struts, each strut including a proximal aperture, wherein the proximal aperture in each strut together form a plurality of proximal apertures of the stent frame, wherein the stent frame further comprises a plurality of distal apertures, each distal aperture being in one of the plurality of struts of the stent frame; and a plurality of filaments, each filament received within the sleeve from the proximal end, passing out of and looping over the sleeve, passing through one of the strut distal apertures, running directly along a length of one of the struts, passing through one of the strut proximal apertures, and passing through one of the sleeve apertures and into the sleeve.