Abstract:
The Machine (1) for the manufacture of antennas comprises: - at least one movable body (2) around one axis of reference (A) along a predetermined path (12) and defining one work surface (3); - deposition means (4, 5) of at least one antenna on the work surface (3); wherein the movable body (2) comprises shaping means (7) mounted along the work surface (3) and adapted to retain the wire (6) along one predetermined path defining the shape of the antenna, the movement means (5) being configured to move the wire (6) along the predetermined path; wherein the shaping means (7) comprise a plurality of shaping elements (8) mounted protruding from the work surface (3) and adapted, in use, to be at least partly wrapped by the wire (6) and to retain the latter along the predetermined path.
Abstract:
An endoscopic snare device (10, 100, 100') includes a pair of bowed, resiliently deformable, snare wires (12, 14) with bow shaped memory, a mesh (20) attached to mid-portions (16, 18) and distal portions (22, 24) of the snare wires (12, 14) for a mesh length (A) that is less than the snare length (L), a bowed, resiliently deformable, support wire (116) extending in a plane out of the plane of the snare wires (12, 14), and a pair of bowed, resiliently deformable, incising wires (112, 114) side by side with the snare wires (12, 14). The support wire (116) is electrically insulated. A mouth cord or wire (46) extends from one snare wire (12), through the support wire (116), and to the other snare wire (14).
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for providing rib wires of a wire wrap screen on a pipe comprises one or more straps adapted to receive a plurality of rib wires and to engage the pipe, at least one of the straps being adapted to align at least a portion of the rib wires generally parallel with the longitudinal axis of the pipe and generally equidistantly spaced apart over the circumference of the pipe. The pipe with rib wires, once secured with the straps, can then be introduced into a wire wrap machine to form the wire wrap screen over the rib wires.
Abstract:
A braided vaso-occlusive member formed out of first plurality of filaments interwoven with a second plurality of filaments, wherein filaments of the first plurality are helically wound in a first rotational direction along an elongate axis of the braided member, and filaments of the second plurality are wound in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction, such that filaments of the first plurality cross over and/or under filaments of the second plurality at each of a plurality cross-over locations axially spaced along the elongate axis of the braided member, wherein at each cross-over location, the filaments of the first plurality cross over at least two consecutive filaments of the second plurality, then cross under only a single filament of the second plurality, and then cross over at least two additional consecutive filaments of the second plurality.
Abstract:
A method for forming a wave form for a stent (100) includes moving a first forming portion (22) of a first forming member (20) in a direction substantially perpendicular to a first direction direction (FD) along which a formable material (12) is provided to engage and deform the formable material (12) against a first forming portion (32) of the second forming member (30). Then first and second forming members (20, 30) are jointly moved in a direction substantially opposite the first direction to draw and form the formable material over the first forming portion (32) of the second forming member (30). Then the first forming member (20) is disengaged from the formable material (12) and is rotated to position a second forming portion (24, 26, 28) of the first forming member (20) to face the formable material (12).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a handle fitting apparatus for fitting handles to pails, the apparatus comprising a pail orientation device, a pail stacking device and pail transport device, a plastic handle buffer and fitting device, and metal handle forming and fitting device, wherein the handle fitting apparatus is a dual configuration apparatus, that can be set up for in a first configuration for fitting plastic handles to pails and that can be set up in a second configuration for fitting metal handles to pails, and wherein the plastic handle fitting tooling is mounted at the fitting station and the metal handle fitting tooling is demounted or the second configuration, the metal handle fitting tooling is mounted at the fitting station and the plastic handle fitting tooling is demounted.
Abstract:
Machine for forming RFID antennas, comprising a support structure (3) provided with a support (16) for an RFID substrate, and a plurality of forming pegs (63) having vertical axes fixed with respect to the support (16) and arranged above it so as to define a predetermined path for a wire configured to form the RFID antenna; a wire feeding system (5) comprising a wire guide element (134) and a handling assembly, configured to move the wire guide element (134) along mutually orthogonal horizontal axes so as to wind the wire at least partially around the forming pegs (63) and define said path; a pair of grippers (84) arranged at the ends of said path and operable to assume a closed position, in which the wire is blocked, and an open position, in which the wire is released; and a movable structure (4) carried by the support structure (3) and provided with a thrust element (71) movable vertically between an upper position in which it allows the wire to be wound around the pegs (63) and a lower position in which it deposits the formed antenna on the substrate.
Abstract:
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.