US 11,702,776 B2
Balloon with dividing fabric layers and method for braiding over three-dimensional forms
Charles L. Simpson, Westlake Village, CA (US)
Assigned to C.R. BARD, INC., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by C.R. BARD, INC., Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed on May 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/321,661.
Application 17/321,661 is a continuation of application No. 16/378,720, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,008,682.
Application 16/378,720 is a continuation of application No. 15/243,104, filed on Aug. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,287,717.
Application 15/243,104 is a continuation of application No. 14/143,709, filed on Dec. 30, 2013, granted, now 9,422,650.
Application 14/143,709 is a continuation of application No. 13/405,597, filed on Feb. 27, 2012, granted, now 8,616,111.
Application 13/405,597 is a continuation of application No. 12/517,450, granted, now 8,122,809, previously published as PCT/US2007/087815, filed on Dec. 17, 2007.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/870,479, filed on Dec. 18, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2021/0269952 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. D04C 1/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); D04C 3/08 (2006.01); D04C 3/48 (2006.01); D04C 3/24 (2006.01); D03D 3/00 (2006.01); D03D 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC D04C 1/06 (2013.01) [A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/1027 (2013.01); A61M 25/1029 (2013.01); D04C 3/08 (2013.01); D04C 3/24 (2013.01); D04C 3/48 (2013.01); A61M 25/1002 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1031 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1075 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1084 (2013.01); D03D 3/00 (2013.01); D03D 41/00 (2013.01); D10B 2509/06 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A braiding machine for applying fibers to a balloon or a balloon mandrel having an axial direction, comprising:
a fiber feeder for applying the fibers to the balloon, the fiber feeder comprising an iris adapted to circumferentially expand and contract to maintain the position of the fibers close to the balloon or the balloon mandrel;
wherein the feeder further comprises a drive adapted to configure an expansion and contraction of the iris, and wherein said expansion and contraction is based on feedback from a mechanical or optical profile follower.