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Guidewire interconnecting apparatus

US8858468B2 · kind B2 · utility

5Cited by

12References

27Claims

0Family size

Assignee

MediGuide Ltd. · IL

Inventors

Ran Sela · Givat Shmuel, IL
Nimrod Meller · Kiryat Tivon, IL
Lior Sobe · Even Yehuda, IL
Aharon Gildin · Haifa, IL
Gera Strommer · Haifa, IL
Uzi Eichler · Haifa, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 23, 2009
Grant date	Oct 14, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 5, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49002
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A male coupler for a guidewire, the guidewire having a hollow walled tube, the male coupler comprising a connector section, coupled with the guidewire, a portion of the connector section having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the hollow tube, at least one conducting ring coupled with the connector section where the diameter of the connector section is smaller the diameter of the guidewire, wherein the diameter of connector section and the at least one conducting ring substantially equals the diameter of the guidewire.

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