Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same

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PATENT NO 11840780
APP PUB NO 20230160116A1
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18158821

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A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INCMAPLE GROVE MINNESOTA 55311

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Bedard, Louis Leominster, US 9 301
Harding, Glenn Sutton, US 7 95
Lilburn, Steve Princeton, US 9 298
Norton, Paul K Lunenburg, US 34 1235
Zupkofska, Michael E Rockland, US 26 354

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