Tubular member for an intraluminal medical device

Abstract

A tubular member (101) for a guidewire (201) comprising a distal bending section (2) having distal cut-outs (21) shaped and sized to achieve a distal deflection behaviour, a proximal bending section (4) having proximal cut-outs (41) shaped and sized to achieve a proximal deflection behaviour, and an intermediate bending section (3) between the distal bending section (2) and proximal bending section (4) having intermediate cut-outs (31, 32). The distal and proximal cut-outs (21, 41) are shaped and sized such that the distal bending section (2) is more flexibly deflectable in at least one direction away from a longitudinal axis (L) of the tubular member (101) than the proximal bending section (4). The intermediate cut-outs (31, 32) are shaped and sized such that a first and a second intermediate deflection behaviour differ from each other at at least two different longitudinal positions of the intermediate bending section (3).

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