Patent ID: 8721677
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M,B23K,B26F,D04C,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for treating a vessel, the device comprising: a plurality of wires woven to form a textile structure, the textile structure comprising: wherein the textile structure is expandable from a radially-compressed state to a radially-expanded state, wherein the plurality of wires comprises a plurality of shape-memory wires and a plurality of radiopaque wires, wherein pairs of bulbs of the plurality of bulbs are spaced along the longitudinal axis of the textile structure by a neck of the plurality of necks, wherein a first neck of the plurality of necks has a different neck parameter than a second neck of the plurality of necks at least when the textile structure is in the radially-expanded state, wherein the different neck parameter includes at least one of: