Guidewire extension system with coil connectors
US5282478A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 1991 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/459
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An extendable guidewire system including a guidewire and extension wire bearing separate helical coil connectors. The coil connectors, at least in part, have spatially separate adjacent coil turns, thereby providing gaps for receiving coil turns of the other connector.
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