| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 140071000 | ARTICLE MAKING OR FORMING | 28 |
| 20110079315 | ATRAUMATIC STENT WITH REDUCED DEPLOYMENT FORCE, METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPLOYING AND POSITIONING THE STENT - An implantable stent includes a plurality of elongate wires braided to form a hollow tubular structure having a tubular wall to define an interior surface and an exterior surface and having opposed open first and second ends, wherein the opposed open first and second ends are atraumatic ends. The atraumatic ends of the stent are desirably free of any loose wire ends. The wires include composite wires to enhance visibility of the wires to provide improved external imaging of the wires in the body. The elongate composite wires of the stent may be metallic wires having an outer metallic portion including a first metal, such as nitinol, and an inner metallic core portion including a second metal, which is a radiopaque material, such as gold, barium sulfate, ferritic particles, platinum, platinum-tungsten, palladium, platinum-iridium, rhodium, tantalum or combinations thereof. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110214776 | Cable tray - A cable tray constructed of longitudinal members welded to U-shaped transverse members that are made from wires having an arcuate but non-circular cross section that are oriented to allow electromagnetic conductors to rest upon an arcuate surface that does not include angular vertices that might damage the electromagnetic conductors residing within the cable tray. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20100307631 | Wire support and method of making - A wire support and a method of making is disclosed for supporting an object from a base surface. The wire support comprises a plurality of wires with each of the wires having a lower section, an intermediate section and an upper section. The plurality of wires are twisted along the intermediate sections for providing an upright support. The lower sections of the plurality of wires extend outwardly from the upright support for insertion into the base surface to mount the wire support. The upper section of the plurality of wires extends outwardly from the upright support for engaging with the object to support the object relative to the base surface. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110000577 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FILAMENT CRIMPING AND MANUFACTURING - Apparatus and methods for filament crimping. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a body and a filament crimp element. The filament crimp element comprises a first set of cavities disposed at a spacing which creates a first set of features and a second set of cavities disposed at a spacing which creates a second set of features. The first and second set cavities are substantially opposite one another. The first set of features are adapted to be placed at least partially within the second set of cavities and the second set of features are adapted to be placed at least partially within the first set of cavities. Methods and apparatus for the manufacture of the device are also disclosed. In addition, methods for automated placement and manufacture of assemblies using the crimp elements are also disclosed. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110083767 | HYPERELASTIC SHAPE SETTING DEVICES AND FABRICATION METHODS - Shape-setting methods for fabricating devices made of single crystal shape memory alloys. In particular the methods described may be used to fabricate dental arches of single-crystal shape memory alloys. The methods include drawing a single crystal of a shape memory alloy from a melt of the alloy. This is followed by heating, forming, and quenching the crystal sufficiently rapid to limit the formation of alloy precipitates to an amount which retains hyperelastic composition and properties of the crystal. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20080223476 | Medical stent with a valve and related methods of manufacturing - Medical stents having valves and their methods of manufacture are disclosed. The valve may be basket-shaped and formed integral to a medical stent to prevent undesirable backflow across the valve. The valve can be formed by converting the braided wires of the stent, by providing elastomeric material onto a mold or fixture to form an elastomeric valve, or by attaching a gasket valve. The valve is normally closed but configured to allow easy opening in response to a predetermined condition. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20110265908 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SINGLE WIRE STENT - A mandrel for manufacturing a stent from a single wire includes a cylindrical member having a plurality of pins at a proximal end region, a plurality of pins at a distal end region, and a plurality of indentations between the proximal pins and the distal pins. These indentations form a helical pattern on the outer surface of the cylindrical member. The single wire is wrapped around every proximal pin and distal pin on the mandrel by following the indentations in the mandrel. The single wire is slid through the indentation under any crossing section of wire and over the next crossing section of wire in an under-over pattern. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20130146173 | Stent With Improved Flexibility and Method for Making Same - A stent and a method for manufacturing a stent are provided. The stent includes a first ring having a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys, a second ring having a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys, and a connector that connects one of the peaks of the first ring to one of the valleys of the second ring. The connected peak of the first ring includes a deformed portion that extends towards the connected valley of the second ring. The method includes forming a first ring having a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys, forming a second ring having a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys, deforming a portion of at least one of the peaks of the first ring, and connecting the deformed portion of the peak of the first ring to one of the valleys of the second ring. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130056110 | EDGEWISE WOUND COIL MANUFACTURING DEVICE - Disclosed is an edgewise wound coil manufacturing device for manufacturing an edgewise wound coil. The edgewise wound coil manufacturing device is provided with: a plurality of corners; a core having a recess formed between each pair of adjacent corners, and around which a flat wire is wrapped; a rotating part that forces the core to rotate around the central axis of the core; guide parts that hold the flat wire therebetween in the thickness direction, while guiding the flat wire in such a manner that the flat wire wraps around the core; a first moving part that forces at least one of the guide parts and the core to move in the approaching/receding direction of the other; and a controller that adjusts the amount that the first moving part moves such that the edgewise wound coil achieves the desired shape. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20080308173 | Equipment For Producing Coils of a Stator of an Electrical Machine and Method For Making Coils - The invention relates to equipment for producing coils of a stator of an electrical machine and a method for producing coils. The coil is formed by connecting arms ( | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090283173 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING END OF COILED SPRING - A coil spring end forming apparatus is provided that includes a pair of horizontally disposed parallel rollers | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100319802 | LINKED COIL FORMATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING LINKED COILS - [Problem to be Solved] A first coil and a second coil are efficiently formed in the shape of a rectangular cylinder and in parallel to each other, by bending and processing a flat wire, and a linking part of each of the coils, is linked with the same material without welding or folding. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110114217 | ABUTTING APPARATUS OF SPRING CONFIGURATION MACHINE - An abutting apparatus of spring configuration machine which has a machine platform includes a first and second axial transmission mechanisms and an abutting assembly. The first axial transmission mechanism includes a first actuator, a first lead screw and a first sliding seat screwed with the first lead screw. The second axial transmission mechanism includes a second actuator fixed to the first sliding seat, a second lead screw driven to rotate by the second actuator and a second sliding seat screwed with the second lead screw and linearly moved relatively to the first sliding seat. Via the first and second axial transmission mechanisms, the abutting assembly fixed to the second sliding seat can make a 2-D movement in vertical and horizontal directions relative to the machine platform, such that the degree of freedom to adjust the abutting assembly can be enhanced significantly. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20100180977 | WINDING APPARATUS - An edgewise winding apparatus is arranged to produce a coil by winding a wire. The coil includes a plurality of bent portions having equal bending angles and unbent portions each existing between the bent portions. The apparatus includes a holding shaft which will contact with an inner periphery surface of a flat wire and clamp one of the bent portions in a thickness direction of the flat wire and bending jigs which will contact with an outer periphery surface of the flat wire and rotate while pressing the flat wire in cooperation with the holding shaft to bend the flat wire to form the bent portion. The bending jigs are configured to move forward and backward in a lamination direction of the flat wire. The bending jigs are arranged in number equal to the number of bent portions or unbent portions of the coil so that the bending jigs are placed at equal angular intervals around the holding shaft so as to rotate around the holding shaft. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20120037264 | INDUCTION HEATING COIL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND INDUCTION HEATING COIL MANUFACTURING METHOD - An induction heating coil manufacturing apparatus includes a winding device that winds a wire around a winding shaft having a quadrangular cross section, and a bending device that bends the wire at a position at which the wire is to be wound around a corner of the winding shaft before the winding device winds the wire at the position around the winding shaft. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120312413 | JEWELRY MANDREL PLIERS AND METHOD OF USING SAME - The present invention provides a mandrel tool and method for more efficiently and consistently forming various shapes of material. In one embodiment of the invention, a pair of pliers having mandrel jaws that are shaped with a uniform cross sectional area throughout a length of the mandrel jaw is used to replace the traditional tapered mandrel. Because the mandrel jaws have a uniform cross sectional area, the wire, for example, can be wrapped multiple times around the mandrel jaw when it is desired to produce multiples of the same shape. For added versatility, the pliers can have opposing mandrel jaws with different size cross sectional area. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20090025820 | Braided occlusion device having repeating expanded volume segments separated by articulation segments - The present invention provides a flexible, low profile vascular occlusion device having large volume filling capability and high metal content for fast occlusion, of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and shaped to create an occlusion of an abnormal opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained. The device further includes a first shape formed from the braided tubular fabric consisting of a repeating pattern of expanded volume segments separated by small diameter articulation segments and a second overall device shape comprised of the first shape formed about itself in various shapes to occlude a vessel. In one embodiment a shaping wire contained coaxially within the tubular braid, provides or assists in the formation of the second overall device shape. | 01-29-2009 |
| 140088000 | Rings | 1 |
| 20110030835 | BEAD WIRE WINDING AND FORMING DEVICE - In a bead wire winding and forming device, a guide mechanism guiding a bead wire to a former is supported to be movable in a tangential direction of the former and includes a movable body capable of clamping and unclamping the bead wire, a guide body supported on the movable body to be swingable in a plane parallel to a rotational axis of the former and having a guide portion for guiding the bead wire in the tangential direction of the former, and a restriction member for allowing the swing motion of the guide body when the movable body is at a retracted position but for restricting the swing motion of the guide body when the movable body is at an advanced position. | 02-10-2011 |
| 140089000 | Spring setting | 1 |
| 20110226380 | Apparatus and Method for Producing Springs - Using a method for producing a spring from a spring wire, turns of a first spring part are produced, wherein said produced turns move in a first direction. Thereafter, turns of a second spring part are produced, wherein said produced turns move in a second direction which is different from, in particular opposite of, the first direction. Such a method can be used to produce a spring having a plurality of spring parts. | 09-22-2011 |
| 140920100 | Forms and frames | 5 |
| 20080264513 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONFIGURING A HARNESS BOARD - A reconfigurable harness board system and method is provided for assembling a wire harness for an electrical panel and comprises a plurality of sub-harness modules. Each module defines a template for a wire harness for a select electrical component for the electrical panel. Select ones of the sub-harness modules are mounted to a frame in a select orientation corresponding to layout of electrical components for the electrical panel to create a harness board for assembling a wire harness for the electrical panel. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100218842 | AUTOMATIC WINDING OF WIRE FIELD IN WIRE SLICING MACHINE - Automatic winding of a wire field in a wire slicing machine is disclosed. In one embodiment, a wire field is automatically generated in a wire slicing machine by unloading wire from at least one wire spool and winding the wire about one or more wire guides to form the wire field. | 09-02-2010 |
| 140920200 | Revoluble | 3 |
| 20100006173 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR THE WIND OF A SINGLE-LAYER-COIL - An arrangement includes a coil-winding-tool to guide a metallic conductor for the forming of a part of the single-layer-coil. The coil-winding-tool is mounted to rotate around a first axis of rotation for the forming of the part of the coil. A conductor-feeding-drum carries the metallic conductor and is designed to hand over the metallic-conductor to the coil-winding-tool for forming. The conductor-feeding-drum is carried by a fixture. The fixture is mounted to rotate around a second axis of rotation, to allow a rotation of the conductor-feeding-drum around the second axis too. The first axis of rotation of the coil-winding-tool is perpendicular to the second axis of rotation of the conductor-feeding-drum, to allow the execution of the winding by the rotation of the coil-winding-tool and by the rotation of the conductor-feeding-drum. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090236005 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING WIRE LOOPS FOR A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE - An apparatus and method for forming at least one end turn and at least one stator slot segment of a conductor for a stator of a dynamoelectric machine comprising at least two forming die sets. The forming die sets are disposed having a space substantially equal to a width of the conductor between adjacent die sets and include a female forming die and a male forming die linearly slideable to the female forming die. The die sets are disposed such that both at least one end turn and at least one stator slot segment are formable between the male forming dies and the female forming dies when the male forming dies are sequentially actuated to the female forming dies. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20080289717 | FIXING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, WIRE WINDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC EXCITATION COIL - A fixing apparatus of the present invention for an electronic induction heating system includes a heat roller and a magnetic excitation coil that generates Joule heat within the heat roller. The fixing apparatus includes a coil positioner that positions the magnetic excitation coil around a portion of a periphery of the heat roller, a fixing roller that fixes toner image on a recording medium, and a belt that contacts a portion of a periphery of the heat roller and the fixing roller to conduct the generated heat from the heat roller to the fixing roller. The coil positioner further has a surface of first curvature substantially identical to a curvature of a periphery of the heat roller at an opposition area, the opposition area being opposite to a contact area where the heat roller makes contact with the belt. The coil positioner is spaced from the belt by a predetermined distance. The coil positioner further has a first extension extending from a first end of the opposition area of the coil positioner and a second extension extending from a second end of the opposition area of the coil positioner. The first extension and the second extension are spaced from the belt distances larger than the predetermined distance. | 11-27-2008 |
| 140920300 | Helix screwing through row of loops or openings | 4 |
| 20130061976 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC COIL BINDING MACHINE - A semi-automatic coil binding machine includes a machine b as e, a coil pitch control mechanism, a cutting mechanism, a coil conveyor mechanism, a coil stop mechanism, a document conveyor mechanism and a press fit mechanism: the coil pitch control mechanism conveys a spiral coil to a predetermined length; the cutting mechanism cuts the spiral coil to a predetermined length; the coil conveyor mechanism conveys the cut spiral coil; the coil stop mechanism stops the spiral coil at a threading position from which the spiral coil is threaded onto a pile of documents; the document conveyor mechanism conveys the pile of documents with a spiral coil threaded to a press-fit position at which the spiral coil and the documents are pressed by the press fit mechanism for the spiral coil securely bonded to the documents at bookbinding and substantially increased throughput. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20110284118 | COIL BINDING APPARATUS - A coil binding apparatus includes a coil forming mechanism to form a helical coil in different diameters from a wire, a binding mechanism to bind a punched portion of a paper stack with the helical, and a coil introducing mechanism disposed between the coil forming mechanism and the binding mechanism to receive the helical coil drawn out of the coil forming mechanism and to introduce the helical coil to the binding mechanism. The coil introducing mechanism has a center axis shifting unit configured to shift a coil center axis position to a coil rotation axis position. The coil center axis position is a position of a center axis of the helical coil. The coil rotation axis position is a position of a rotation axis of the helical coil when the binding mechanism rotates the helical coil to insert the helical coil into the paper stack. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20090242068 | Apparatus for Cutting a Single Coil and Adjusting Distance thereof - An apparatus for cutting a single coil and adjusting distance thereof includes a longitudinal cut module and an adjustment module. The longitudinal cut module is adapted to cut the spiral coil at an end thereof according to an external diameter of the spiral coil, and to synchronously bend the spiral coil to prevent the spiral coil from departing from the document. The adjustment module synchronously adjusts a distance between the auxiliary shaft and the driving shaft, and a position of the longitudinal cut module. Therefore the winding bearing set and the longitudinal cut module synchronously meet spiral coil with the same diameter. By the aforementioned design, an objective of conveniently assembling spiral coil into the holes drilled on the document is achieved. | 10-01-2009 |
| 140920700 | Combined | 1 |
| 20100043909 | PAPER SHEET HANDLING DEVICE - It, as shown in FIG. | 02-25-2010 |
| 140071000 | Coils | 9 |
| 20110079315 | ATRAUMATIC STENT WITH REDUCED DEPLOYMENT FORCE, METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPLOYING AND POSITIONING THE STENT - An implantable stent includes a plurality of elongate wires braided to form a hollow tubular structure having a tubular wall to define an interior surface and an exterior surface and having opposed open first and second ends, wherein the opposed open first and second ends are atraumatic ends. The atraumatic ends of the stent are desirably free of any loose wire ends. The wires include composite wires to enhance visibility of the wires to provide improved external imaging of the wires in the body. The elongate composite wires of the stent may be metallic wires having an outer metallic portion including a first metal, such as nitinol, and an inner metallic core portion including a second metal, which is a radiopaque material, such as gold, barium sulfate, ferritic particles, platinum, platinum-tungsten, palladium, platinum-iridium, rhodium, tantalum or combinations thereof. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110214776 | Cable tray - A cable tray constructed of longitudinal members welded to U-shaped transverse members that are made from wires having an arcuate but non-circular cross section that are oriented to allow electromagnetic conductors to rest upon an arcuate surface that does not include angular vertices that might damage the electromagnetic conductors residing within the cable tray. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20100307631 | Wire support and method of making - A wire support and a method of making is disclosed for supporting an object from a base surface. The wire support comprises a plurality of wires with each of the wires having a lower section, an intermediate section and an upper section. The plurality of wires are twisted along the intermediate sections for providing an upright support. The lower sections of the plurality of wires extend outwardly from the upright support for insertion into the base surface to mount the wire support. The upper section of the plurality of wires extends outwardly from the upright support for engaging with the object to support the object relative to the base surface. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110000577 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FILAMENT CRIMPING AND MANUFACTURING - Apparatus and methods for filament crimping. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a body and a filament crimp element. The filament crimp element comprises a first set of cavities disposed at a spacing which creates a first set of features and a second set of cavities disposed at a spacing which creates a second set of features. The first and second set cavities are substantially opposite one another. The first set of features are adapted to be placed at least partially within the second set of cavities and the second set of features are adapted to be placed at least partially within the first set of cavities. Methods and apparatus for the manufacture of the device are also disclosed. In addition, methods for automated placement and manufacture of assemblies using the crimp elements are also disclosed. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110083767 | HYPERELASTIC SHAPE SETTING DEVICES AND FABRICATION METHODS - Shape-setting methods for fabricating devices made of single crystal shape memory alloys. In particular the methods described may be used to fabricate dental arches of single-crystal shape memory alloys. The methods include drawing a single crystal of a shape memory alloy from a melt of the alloy. This is followed by heating, forming, and quenching the crystal sufficiently rapid to limit the formation of alloy precipitates to an amount which retains hyperelastic composition and properties of the crystal. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20080223476 | Medical stent with a valve and related methods of manufacturing - Medical stents having valves and their methods of manufacture are disclosed. The valve may be basket-shaped and formed integral to a medical stent to prevent undesirable backflow across the valve. The valve can be formed by converting the braided wires of the stent, by providing elastomeric material onto a mold or fixture to form an elastomeric valve, or by attaching a gasket valve. The valve is normally closed but configured to allow easy opening in response to a predetermined condition. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20110265908 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SINGLE WIRE STENT - A mandrel for manufacturing a stent from a single wire includes a cylindrical member having a plurality of pins at a proximal end region, a plurality of pins at a distal end region, and a plurality of indentations between the proximal pins and the distal pins. These indentations form a helical pattern on the outer surface of the cylindrical member. The single wire is wrapped around every proximal pin and distal pin on the mandrel by following the indentations in the mandrel. The single wire is slid through the indentation under any crossing section of wire and over the next crossing section of wire in an under-over pattern. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20130146173 | Stent With Improved Flexibility and Method for Making Same - A stent and a method for manufacturing a stent are provided. The stent includes a first ring having a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys, a second ring having a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys, and a connector that connects one of the peaks of the first ring to one of the valleys of the second ring. The connected peak of the first ring includes a deformed portion that extends towards the connected valley of the second ring. The method includes forming a first ring having a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys, forming a second ring having a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys, deforming a portion of at least one of the peaks of the first ring, and connecting the deformed portion of the peak of the first ring to one of the valleys of the second ring. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130056110 | EDGEWISE WOUND COIL MANUFACTURING DEVICE - Disclosed is an edgewise wound coil manufacturing device for manufacturing an edgewise wound coil. The edgewise wound coil manufacturing device is provided with: a plurality of corners; a core having a recess formed between each pair of adjacent corners, and around which a flat wire is wrapped; a rotating part that forces the core to rotate around the central axis of the core; guide parts that hold the flat wire therebetween in the thickness direction, while guiding the flat wire in such a manner that the flat wire wraps around the core; a first moving part that forces at least one of the guide parts and the core to move in the approaching/receding direction of the other; and a controller that adjusts the amount that the first moving part moves such that the edgewise wound coil achieves the desired shape. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20080308173 | Equipment For Producing Coils of a Stator of an Electrical Machine and Method For Making Coils - The invention relates to equipment for producing coils of a stator of an electrical machine and a method for producing coils. The coil is formed by connecting arms ( | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090283173 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING END OF COILED SPRING - A coil spring end forming apparatus is provided that includes a pair of horizontally disposed parallel rollers | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100319802 | LINKED COIL FORMATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING LINKED COILS - [Problem to be Solved] A first coil and a second coil are efficiently formed in the shape of a rectangular cylinder and in parallel to each other, by bending and processing a flat wire, and a linking part of each of the coils, is linked with the same material without welding or folding. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110114217 | ABUTTING APPARATUS OF SPRING CONFIGURATION MACHINE - An abutting apparatus of spring configuration machine which has a machine platform includes a first and second axial transmission mechanisms and an abutting assembly. The first axial transmission mechanism includes a first actuator, a first lead screw and a first sliding seat screwed with the first lead screw. The second axial transmission mechanism includes a second actuator fixed to the first sliding seat, a second lead screw driven to rotate by the second actuator and a second sliding seat screwed with the second lead screw and linearly moved relatively to the first sliding seat. Via the first and second axial transmission mechanisms, the abutting assembly fixed to the second sliding seat can make a 2-D movement in vertical and horizontal directions relative to the machine platform, such that the degree of freedom to adjust the abutting assembly can be enhanced significantly. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20100180977 | WINDING APPARATUS - An edgewise winding apparatus is arranged to produce a coil by winding a wire. The coil includes a plurality of bent portions having equal bending angles and unbent portions each existing between the bent portions. The apparatus includes a holding shaft which will contact with an inner periphery surface of a flat wire and clamp one of the bent portions in a thickness direction of the flat wire and bending jigs which will contact with an outer periphery surface of the flat wire and rotate while pressing the flat wire in cooperation with the holding shaft to bend the flat wire to form the bent portion. The bending jigs are configured to move forward and backward in a lamination direction of the flat wire. The bending jigs are arranged in number equal to the number of bent portions or unbent portions of the coil so that the bending jigs are placed at equal angular intervals around the holding shaft so as to rotate around the holding shaft. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20120037264 | INDUCTION HEATING COIL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND INDUCTION HEATING COIL MANUFACTURING METHOD - An induction heating coil manufacturing apparatus includes a winding device that winds a wire around a winding shaft having a quadrangular cross section, and a bending device that bends the wire at a position at which the wire is to be wound around a corner of the winding shaft before the winding device winds the wire at the position around the winding shaft. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120312413 | JEWELRY MANDREL PLIERS AND METHOD OF USING SAME - The present invention provides a mandrel tool and method for more efficiently and consistently forming various shapes of material. In one embodiment of the invention, a pair of pliers having mandrel jaws that are shaped with a uniform cross sectional area throughout a length of the mandrel jaw is used to replace the traditional tapered mandrel. Because the mandrel jaws have a uniform cross sectional area, the wire, for example, can be wrapped multiple times around the mandrel jaw when it is desired to produce multiples of the same shape. For added versatility, the pliers can have opposing mandrel jaws with different size cross sectional area. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20090025820 | Braided occlusion device having repeating expanded volume segments separated by articulation segments - The present invention provides a flexible, low profile vascular occlusion device having large volume filling capability and high metal content for fast occlusion, of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and shaped to create an occlusion of an abnormal opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained. The device further includes a first shape formed from the braided tubular fabric consisting of a repeating pattern of expanded volume segments separated by small diameter articulation segments and a second overall device shape comprised of the first shape formed about itself in various shapes to occlude a vessel. In one embodiment a shaping wire contained coaxially within the tubular braid, provides or assists in the formation of the second overall device shape. | 01-29-2009 |
