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Manufacturing process of coil

US5647127A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 1995
Grant dateJul 15, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 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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