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US 6,019,736 AGranted
Guidewire for catheter
AssigneeFrancisco J. Avellanet
InventorsFrancisco J. Avellanet, Robert Braun
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Abstract
A flexible intravascular guidewire comprises a plurality of filaments braided together and drawn through a die to a reduced cross-sectional area of circular shape. Preferably, one or more of the filaments is coated with a radiopaque material prior to drawing it through the dye. According to a preferred embodiment, each of the filaments is made from the same metallic material; alternatively, the filament material may differ, e.g., to provide flexibility and torsional stiffness characteristics which are unachievable in a metal monofilament, or in a multifilament wire of the same filament materials.
Claims28
A catheter guidewire comprising:
- a plurality of metal filaments which have been twisted about each other to form a multifilament wire, each filament of said multifilament wire having a transverse cross-section which complements that of the other filament(s) so that said multifilament wire has a substantially circular transverse cross-section which is substantially uniform over a length of the multifilament wire, said circular transverse cross-section, and which defines a diameter which is appropriate for a guidewire;
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- a hydrophilic low friction material over the length of the wire.
A catheter guidewire comprising:
- a plurality of metal filaments which have been twisted about each other to form a multifilament wire, at least one metal filament comprising a material different from that of the other metal filaments, each filament of said multifilament wire having a transverse cross-section which complements that of the other filament(s) so that said multifilament wire has a substantially circular transverse cross-section which is substantially uniform over a length of the multifilament wire, said circular transverse cross-section, and which defines a diameter which is appropriate for a guidewire.
A catheter guidewire comprising:
- a plurality of metal filaments which have been twisted about each other to form a multifilament wire, one of said filaments comprising a metal tube filled with a radiopaque material, each filament of said multifilament wire having a transverse cross-section which complements that of the other filament(s) so that said multifilament wire has a substantially circular transverse cross-section which is substantially uniform over a length of the multifilament wire, said circular transverse cross-section, and which defines a diameter which is appropriate for a guidewire.
A catheter guidewire comprising:
- a plurality of metal filaments which have been twisted about each other to form a multifilament wire which entraps particles of a radiopaque material, each filament of said multifilament wire having a transverse cross-section which complements that of the other filament(s) so that said multifilament wire has a substantially circular transverse cross-section which is substantially uniform over a length of the multifilament wire, said circular transverse cross-section, and which defines a diameter which is appropriate for a guidewire.
A guidewire comprising:
- a plurality of metal filaments which have been twisted about each other to form a multifilament wire, at least one metal filament comprising a material different from that of the other metal filaments, each filament of said multifilament wire having a transverse cross-section which complements that of the other filament(s) so that said multifilament wire has a substantially circular transverse cross-section which is substantially uniform over a length of the multifilament wire, said circular transverse cross-section, and which defines a diameter which is appropriate for a guidewire.
A guidewire comprising:
- a plurality of metal filaments which have been twisted about each other to form a multifilament wire having a proximal end and a distal end that is smaller in diameter than said proximal end, each filament of said multifilament wire having a transverse cross-section which complements that of the other filament(s) so that said multifilament wire has a substantially circular transverse cross-section which is substantially uniform over a length of the multifilament wire, said circular transverse cross-section, and which defines a diameter which is appropriate for a guidewire.
A method for making a catheter guidewire having a proximal end and a distal end, the method comprising the steps of:
- twisting a plurality of metal filaments together;
- drawing the twisted metal filaments through a die to produce a guidewire core having a reduced diameter;
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- using the guidewire core in forming a guidewire.
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An intravascular guidewire for guiding medical devices through arterial passageways, said guidewire comprising a multifilament, drawn round core portion terminating in a flexible distal end of reduced diameter.
A catheter guidewire, comprising:
- a plurality of metal filaments which have been twisted about each other to form a multifilament wire, said filaments each provided with a non-circular transverse cross-section such that each said filament complements that of the other filament(s) so that said multifilament wire has a substantially circular transverse cross-section which is substantially uniform over a length of the multifilament wire, said circular transverse cross-section defining a diameter which is appropriate for a guidewire;
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- a low friction material over the length of the wire.
A catheter guidewire, comprising:
- a plurality of metal filaments which have been twisted about each other to form a multifilament wire, none of said plurality of metal filaments forming a central core filament of said wire, and each filament of said multifilament wire having a transverse cross-section which complements that of the other filaments so that said wire has a substantially circular transverse cross-section which is uniform over a length of the wire, said circular transverse cross-section defining a diameter which is appropriate for a guidewire;
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- a low friction hydrophilic material over the length of the wire.
A catheter guidewire, comprising:
- a plurality of metal filaments which have been twisted about each other to form a multifilament wire having a first diameter over a length of the wire, and then drawn through at least one die to form a cable provided with a second diameter smaller than said first diameter over a length of the cable, said second diameter being appropriate for a guidewire.
A catheter guidewire comprising:
- a plurality of metal filaments which have been twisted about each other to form a multifilament wire, each filament of said multifilament wire having a transverse cross-section which complements and is substantially the same as that of the other filament(s) so that said multifilament wire has a substantially circular transverse cross-section which is substantially uniform over a length of the multifilament wire, which is solid at a center of said circular transverse cross-section, and which defines a diameter which is appropriate for a guidewire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.