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US 2014/0276226 A1Published application
Medical device guidewire with a position sensor
AssigneeMediGuide Ltd.
InventorsNimrod Meller, Ran Sela, Dan Seter, Lior Sobe
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Abstract
A guidewire for a medical device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the guidewire includes a corewire having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, an elongate shroud disposed about the corewire, the shroud having a distal end, and a plug coupled with the distal end portion of the corewire and the distal end of the shroud, the plug having a distal, non-traumatic tip portion, an interior between the corewire and the shroud being configured to receive a sensor.
Claims20
A guidewire comprising:
- a corewire having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion;
- an elongate shroud disposed about said corewire, said shroud having a distal end;
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- a plug coupled with said distal end portion of said corewire and said distal end of said shroud, said plug having a distal, non-traumatic tip portion, an interior between said corewire and said shroud being configured to receive a sensor.
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A guidewire comprising:
- a corewire having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, said distal end portion having a distal tip;
- an elongate shroud disposed about said distal end portion of said corewire, said shroud having a distal end and a proximal end;
- a plug coupled with said distal end portion of said corewire and coupled with said distal end of said shroud for creating a non-traumatic distal tip of said guidewire;
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- a tubular spring disposed about said distal end portion of said corewire proximal to said proximal end of said shroud, wherein said spring is configured to support compressive and tensile loads.
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A guidewire having a first axis, said guidewire comprising:
- a corewire having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a second axis, wherein said second axis is substantially coincident with said first axis;
- an elongate protective structure disposed about said corewire, said elongate protective structure having a distal end;
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- a plug coupled with said distal end portion of said corewire and said distal end of said elongate protective structure, said plug having a distal, non-traumatic tip portion, an interior between said corewire and said elongate protective structure being configured to receive a sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.