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Sensor mounted flexible guidewire

US8936559B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 28, 2012
Grant date	Jan 20, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 28, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

A flexible guidewire comprising a hollow tube, having a proximal section and a distal section, the distal section having a distal tip, the outer diameter of the distal section gradually decreasing toward the distal tip, the outer diameter of the distal tip being larger than the smallest outer diameter of the distal section, the flexible guidewire further comprising a plug coupled with the distal tip of the hollow tube for creating a non-traumatic tip, and the flexible guidewire further comprising a tubular spring, being place around the distal section of the hollow tube for maintaining the outer diameter of the hollow tube over the length thereof and for supporting compressive loads.

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