Flexible guide wire with safety tip
US4991602A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 27, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2205/0266
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A guide useful for guiding a catheter within a blood vessel is formed of a single length of shape memory alloy. The guide has a central portion of uniform diameter and substantially identical tapered end portions each terminating in enlarged diameter portions defining smoothly rounded beads which function to reduce trauma to the lumen of a blood vessel.
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