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US 2006/0235337 A1Published application
Guidewire tip construction
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsAnthony Vrba, Brian Reynolds, Brice Shireman
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Abstract
Guidewire with an improved distal end. A guidewire with an improved distal end may include a core wire, a solder tip disposed at a distal end of the core wire, a radiopaque inner coil coupled to the distal end of the core wire, an outer coil disposed along the length of the core wire, and a distal hub coupled to the core wire and disposed proximate a distal end of the inner coil.
Claims21
1-41. (canceled)
A guidewire comprising:
- an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
- an atraumatic tip disposed at the distal end of the shaft;
- a distal stop disposed on the elongate shaft proximal of the atraumatic tip;
- a proximal stop disposed on the elongate shaft proximal of the distal stop;
- an inner coil disposed about the elongate shaft between the proximal stop and the distal stop;
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- an outer coil disposed about the elongate shaft and about the inner coil.
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A guidewire comprising:
- an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
- an atraumatic tip disposed at the distal end of the shaft;
- a distal stop disposed on the elongate shaft proximal of the atraumatic tip;
- an inner coil disposed about the elongate shaft, the inner coil extending proximally from the distal stop, the inner coil having a distal end and a proximal end;
- an outer coil disposed about the elongate shaft and about the inner coil;
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- a solder band disposed adjacent the proximal end of the inner coil, the solder band securing together the inner coil, the outer coil and the elongate shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.