Guide wire
AssigneeAsahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
InventorMasaaki SHIGEMATSU
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Abstract
A guide wire includes a core shaft and a cylindrical body that surrounds an outer periphery of a distal end side portion of the core shaft. The cylindrical body includes a first cylindrical portion and a second cylindrical portion located on a proximal end side of the cylindrical body with respect to the first cylindrical portion. A maximum dimension of an outer shape of a transverse section of the second cylindrical portion is larger than a maximum dimension of an outer shape of a transverse section of the first cylindrical portion, and a minimum dimension of the outer shape of the transverse section of the second cylindrical portion is smaller than a minimum dimension of the outer shape of the transverse section of the first cylindrical portion.
Claims20
A guide wire comprising:
- a core shaft;
- and
- a cylindrical body that surrounds an outer periphery of a distal end side portion of the core shaft, wherein
- the cylindrical body includes a first cylindrical portion and a second cylindrical portion located on a proximal end side of the cylindrical body with respect to the first cylindrical portion, and
- a maximum dimension of an outer shape of a transverse section of the second cylindrical portion is larger than a maximum dimension of an outer shape of a transverse section of the first cylindrical portion, and a minimum dimension of the outer shape of the transverse section of the second cylindrical portion is smaller than a minimum dimension of the outer shape of the transverse section of the first cylindrical portion.
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