Patent ID: 8671815

Claim:
A method for forming a generally tubular body having a pseudo-braided pattern, comprising: winding a single, elongate filament having a first end and a second end about a mandrel in a set rotational direction and in a forward axial direction, the filament being wound about the mandrel to form a helical pattern along a desired length of the mandrel; reversing the axial direction of the winding to form a first end reversal at the junction where the filament translates from the forward axial direction to the reverse axial direction; after the first reversal is formed, winding the filament in the same rotational direction about the mandrel in the reverse axial direction in a helical pattern; as the filament is being wound about the mandrel in the reverse axial direction, interlacing the filament in an over/under fashion about the portion of the filament that is already wound about the mandrel; reversing the axial direction of the winding from the reserve axial direction back to the forward axial direction to form a second end reversal at the junction where the filament translates from the reverse axial direction to the forward axial direction; after the second reversal is formed, winding the filament in the same rotational direction about the mandrel in the forward axial direction and in a helical pattern; as the filament is being wound about the mandrel in the forward axial direction, interlacing the filament in an over/under fashion about a portion of the filament that is already wound about the mandrel; and joining the first and second ends of the filament together.