US 12,433,775 B2
Constraining mechanisms for selective deployment and associated methods
Michael R. Broyles, Flagstaff, AZ (US); and Jerry J. Stastka, Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/608,818
Filed by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
PCT Filed May 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/031761
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/231387, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296399 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/95 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/95 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device deployment apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
at least one constraining fiber arranged about a circumference of the medical device and including:
a series of multiple loops interwoven at a first location to form a knit along a longitudinal length of the medical device deployment apparatus with at least one of the multiple loops being arranged at least partially about the circumference of the medical device and joined together at a second location, the knit being configured to separate to deploy the medical device to at least one intermediate constrained configuration having an intermediate deployment diameter along the longitudinal length of the medical device deployment apparatus and to a fully deployed configuration having a deployed diameter that is greater than the intermediate deployment diameter along the longitudinal length of the medical device deployment apparatus.