Patent ID: 7438712
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A sheath component of stent delivery system comprising: an inner tubular layer having a length and forming a polymeric luminal surface; at least two distinct braided layers extending the entire length of said inner tubular layer of the delivery system, said braid layers including individual braid wires, one of said at least two distinct braided layers is circumferentially braided at one braid angle over another of said at least two distinct braided layers, said another of said at least two distinct braided layers is circumferentially braided at another braid angle about said inner tubular layer, said one braid angle is different from said another braid angle; and a polymeric matrix encapsulating said braided layers and joining said braided layers to said inner tubular layer to form said sheath component.