Patent ID: 8651007

Claim:
A method of fabricating a braided device suitable for implantation in an anatomical structure, the braided device having a first leg, a second leg, and a common body attached to the first leg and the second leg, the method comprising: (a) braiding, in a first orientation, a first end of a plurality of filaments to form the first leg; (b) braiding, in the first orientation, a second end of the plurality of filaments to form the second leg, wherein, in the first orientation, the first leg and the second leg are substantially axially aligned; (c) moving the first leg and the second leg to a second orientation, in which the first leg and the second leg are substantially non-aligned; and (d) braiding, in the second orientation, an intermediate portion of at least some of the plurality of filaments to form the common body attached to the first leg and the second leg, wherein the intermediate portion extends between the first end and second end.