Elongated intracorporal medical device

US8222566B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brice Shireman · Maple Grove, US
• Brian Reynolds · Plain City, US
• Dave Johnson · Hopkins, US
• Alan Eskuri · Hanover, US
• Virgil Voeller · St. Louis Park, US
• Jeffrey A. Miller · Elmira, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 15, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2012
• Expiry date: May 17, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2025/09083
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Alternative designs, materials and manufacturing methods for guidewires. Some embodiments pertain to a composite guidewire having proximal and distal section, and a connector adapted and configured for permanently joining the proximal section to the distal section. In some embodiments, at least one of the sections is made of a linear-elastic nickel-titanium alloy. Several alternative guidewire tip constructions and/or designs including methods and techniques of construction are also disclosed.