Abstract: Provided herein is a recanalization system including (i) a handle located at a proximal end of the system, (ii) a first elongate member, (iii) a second elongate member, the first and second elongate members being movable relative to each other elongate member, and (iv) a recanalization device located at a distal end of the system. The recanalization device includes (i) a first end portion coupled to the first elongate member, (ii) a second end portion coupled to the second elongate member, and (iii) at least one strut extending between the first and second end portions. The recanalization device is configured to be (i) selectively radially expanded and compressed and (ii) axially moved relative to the first and second elongate members.

Abstract: Systems and methods for forming a tubular braid are disclosed here-in. A braiding system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an upper drive unit, a lower drive unit, a mandrel coaxial with the upper and lower drive units, and a plurality of tubes extending between the upper drive unit and the lower drive unit. Each tube can be configured to receive individual filaments for forming the tubular braid, and the upper and lower drive units can act in synchronization to move the tubes (and the filaments contained within those tubes) in three distinct motions: (i) radially inward toward a central axis, (ii) radially outward away from the central axis, and (iii) rotationally about the central axis, to cross the filaments over and under one another to form the tubular braid on the mandrel.