Guidewire with tapered flexible core segment

US6491648B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Wayne E. Cornish · Fallbrook, US
• Mark T. Richardson · Escondido, US
• Lawrence E. Brennan · Temecula, US
• Marc M. Jalisi · Temecula, US
• David M. Anderson · Temecula, US
• Mo Jafari · Temecula, US
• Sepehr Fariabi · Fremont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2000
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2025/09175
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A guidewire for guiding a medical device within a patient which has an elongate core member with a flexible body member disposed about and secured to a distal core section and a flexible core segment or flexible core segment which has a first pair of opposed faces which define a first transverse dimension that tapers from a first value to a second larger value and a second pair of opposed faces which define a second transverse dimension that tapers from a first value to a second smaller value.