Controlled tubing expansion and surface engineering
US12285900B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 2022 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29L2031/7534
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The disclosure provides methods for expanding a polymeric tube using one or more deformable members. The methods can involve disposing the polymeric tube within the one or more deformable members and radially deforming the polymeric tube and the one or more deformable members. The rate of deformation of the polymeric tube and/or the extent of deformation of the one or more polymeric tubes can advantageously be controlled along one or more axes by at least one of the one or more deformable members.
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