# US 2025/0375595 A1 · Image Guided Surgery System Guide Wire and Methods of Manufacturing and Use > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0375595 A1 - Document ID: US20250375595A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/308,739 - Filed: 2025-08-25 - Published: 2025-12-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-13 - Assignees: Stryker Corporation - Applicants: Stryker Corporation - Inventors: Paul Lesch; Alexander Houck; Aaron Pidde; Matt Higgins - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250375595A1 ## CPC - A61B 17/24: for use in the oral cavity, larynx, bronchial passages or nose (for medical inspection of cavities or tubes in the body A61B1/00); Tongue scrapers - A61M 25/09: Guide wires - A61B 34/20: Surgical navigation systems; Devices for tracking or guiding surgical instruments, e.g. for frameless stereotaxis - A61B 90/98: using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders - A61M 29/02: Dilators made of swellable material {(balloon catheters for angioplasty A61M25/104)} - A61B 90/37: {Surgical systems with images on a monitor during operation} - A61B 2017/00526: {Methods of manufacturing} - A61B 2017/00867: {shape memory effect} - A61B 2017/22038: {with a guide wire} - A61B 2034/2051: {Electromagnetic tracking systems} - A61B 2090/3983: {Reference marker arrangements for use with image guided surgery} - A61M 25/09041: {Mechanisms for insertion of guide wires} - A61M 2025/0166: {Sensors, electrodes or the like for guiding the catheter to a target zone, e.g. image guided or magnetically guided} - A61M 2025/09141: {made of shape memory alloys which take a particular shape at a certain temperature} - A61M 2025/0915: {having features for changing the stiffness} - A61M 2025/09183: {having tools at the distal tip} - A61M 2029/025: {characterised by the guiding element} - A61M 2205/0222: Materials for reducing friction - A61M 2205/3317: Electromagnetic, inductive or dielectric measuring means - A61M 2210/0681: Sinus (maxillaris) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a guide wire system comprising (a) a guide wire having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the guide wire comprises a superelastic material, (b) a first connector coupled to the proximal end of the guide wire, (c) a second connector coupled to the guide wire between the distal end and the proximal end, (d) an electromagnetic sensor coupled to the distal end of the guide wire, and (e) a polymeric tube surrounding the guide wire and at least a portion of the electromagnetic sensor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of manufacturing a guide wire system, the method comprising: positioning a first connector at a proximal end of a guide wire; positioning a second connector on the guide wire between a distal end of the guide wire and the proximal end of the guide wire; positioning an electromagnetic sensor at the distal end of the guide wire; and positioning a polymeric tube around at least a portion of the guide wire and at least a portion of the electromagnetic sensor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: applying a heat source to at least a portion of the polymeric tube. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein applying the heat source to at least a portion of the polymeric tube comprises: applying the heat source adjacent the proximal end of the guide wire to secure the first connector to the proximal end of the guide wire. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein applying the heat source to at least a portion of the polymeric tube comprises: applying the heat source adjacent the distal end of the guide wire to secure the electromagnetic sensor to the distal end of the guide wire. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: potting the electromagnetic sensor in an epoxy. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, positioning the electromagnetic sensor at the distal end of the guide wire comprises: securing the electromagnetic sensor to the distal end of the guide wire via a radio frequency tipping die. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: positioning a camera at the distal end of the guide wire. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: applying a lubricious coating to the guide wire. ### Claim 9 A method of treating a sinus cavity of a subject, the method comprising: (a) inserting a distal portion of a guide wire system into a lumen of a balloon dilation catheter, wherein the guide wire system includes: (i) a guide wire having a distal end and a proximal end, (ii) a first connector positioned at and coupled to the proximal end of the guide wire, and (iii) a second connector coupled to the guide wire between the distal end and the proximal end; (b) coupling the second connector of the guide wire system to the balloon dilation catheter such the distal end of the guide wire is fixed with respect to a distal end of the balloon dilation catheter; (c) directing the distal end of the guide wire and the distal end of the balloon dilation catheter to the sinus cavity; and (d) inflating a balloon. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the guide wire system further comprises: an electromagnetic sensor coupled to the distal end of the guide wire. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein directing the distal end of the guide wire and the distal end of the balloon dilation catheter to the sinus cavity comprises: directing the distal end of the guide wire and the distal end of the balloon dilation catheter simultaneously to a drainage pathway of the sinus cavity using data received from the electromagnetic sensor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the drainage pathway of the sinus cavity comprises a frontal recess of a frontal sinus cavity. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the guide wire system further comprises: a polymeric tube surrounding at least a portion of the guide wire and at least a portion of the electromagnetic sensor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the balloon dilation catheter includes: an inner guide member including the lumen. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the balloon dilation catheter further includes a movable shaft coupled to the balloon and mounted on the inner guide member, and wherein the method further comprises: allowing the movable shaft to move along the inner guide member, while preventing the movable shaft from rotating around the inner guide member. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: re-positioning the distal end of the balloon dilation catheter based at least in part on a determined location of the distal end of the guide wire with respect to the sinus cavity. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: prior to re-positioning the distal end of the balloon dilation catheter, deflating the balloon; and re-inflating the balloon once the distal end of the balloon dilation catheter is re-positioned. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the first connector comprises a pin connector, and wherein the second connector comprises a bayonet connector, and wherein the method further comprises: coupling the guide wire system to the balloon dilation catheter via coupling the bayonet connector of the second connector to a complementary bayonet connector of the balloon dilation catheter.