Neutral Hybrid Braid Structure for Rotation-Stable Medical Delivery

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Solution Overview

Problem

Hybrid braided medical devices experience unintentional rotation during delivery, leading to potential detachment or binding issues due to helical bias, which can cause deformation and failure of the device and delivery member.

Innovation Solution

A neutral hybrid braided pattern is created by alternating the direction of wire crossings (CW and CCW) to counteract rotational forces, minimizing device rotation and ensuring secure deployment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If hybrid braided medical devices are used, then device functionality and performance are improved, but unintentional rotation occurs during delivery causing detachment or binding issues

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice functionalityVSAvoiddevice rotation stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary anti-action by pre-configuring the braid pattern with alternating wire directions (first wires in first direction, second wires in second direction) that create counteracting forces before delivery. This preliminary configuration prevents unintentional rotation during delivery by having the braid structure itself generate opposing rotational forces that cancel each other out, thereby maintaining attachment stability without compromising device functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

2Stability of the object's composition

If neutral hybrid braided pattern is implemented, then device rotation is minimized, but manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice rotation stabilityVSAvoidbraid pattern complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by varying wire directions locally within different segments of the braid pattern rather than uniformly throughout. Specifically, first wires are arranged in a first direction while second wires are arranged in a second direction, creating localized directional properties that collectively achieve rotational neutrality. This approach manages manufacturing complexity by organizing the braiding process into distinct wire groups with specific directional assignments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20260071361A1Braided medical device and method
Publication Date: 2026.03.12 KA MEDICAL LLC
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AI summary

A method for making a neutral hybrid braided structure may involve positioning a first set of wires on a braiding machine in a first set of positions, positioning a second set of wires on the braiding machine in a second set of positions so that the first set of positions and the second set of positions form a neutral hybrid braiding pattern, and braiding the first set of wires and the second set of wires on the braiding machine to form the neutral hybrid braided structure. Each wire in the first set of wires has a first cross-sectional diameter, and each wire in the second set of wires has a second cross-sectional diameter that is smaller than the first cross-sectional diameter.