Stiffening of probes
US4798593A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M25/0102
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A guide for the stiffening of a probe made of a flexible material is disposed in the probe during insertion of the probe into a body cavity, the guide being removed again after the probe has been inserted into the body cavity, the guide being a wire element provided with a coating of a biocompatible material of which at least the surface is hydrophilic.
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