Manufacturing process of coil
US5647127A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 16, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49609
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A guide wire for medical purposes having a proximal section and a distal section and formed by inserting all or a portion of a slender and flexible shaft into a coil and fixing the shaft to the coil, wherein the coil is a multiple-wire coil consisting of at least two pieces of wire, at least one of these pieces of wire is made of a material which is opaque against radioactive rays such as X-rays, and a portion of the coil closer to the distal section of the shaft is a single-wire coil consisting of only a composite wire made of the radiopaque material.
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