Patent ID: 8789452

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a vascular treatment device, the method comprising: arranging a plurality of spools on spindles on a yarn wheel, at least some of the spools comprising radiopaque wires and at least some of the spools comprising shape memory wires; attaching an end of each of the wires to a ring over a first mandrel, the first mandrel comprising a substantially cylindrical shape; braiding the radiopaque wires and the shape memory wires in a one-over-one-under-one pattern around the first mandrel to form a textile structure, wherein braiding comprises rotating the yarn wheel, rotating the spindles, and longitudinally pulling the ring along the first mandrel away from the yarn wheel; shape setting the textile structure into a substantially cylindrical shape; securing the shape-set textile structure on a second mandrel comprising bulbs and necks, wherein the second mandrel comprises bulbs threaded along a strand; shape setting the shape-set textile structure on the second mandrel; and removing the shape-set textile structure from the second mandrel.