CA2366383A1 - A helically wound guidewire - Google Patents

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CA2366383A1
CA2366383A1 CA002366383A CA2366383A CA2366383A1 CA 2366383 A1 CA2366383 A1 CA 2366383A1 CA 002366383 A CA002366383 A CA 002366383A CA 2366383 A CA2366383 A CA 2366383A CA 2366383 A1 CA2366383 A1 CA 2366383A1
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Henrik Sonderskov Klint
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/09—Guide wires
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/09—Guide wires
    • A61M2025/09058—Basic structures of guide wires
    • A61M2025/09066—Basic structures of guide wires having a coil without a core possibly combined with a sheath
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/09—Guide wires
    • A61M2025/09191—Guide wires made of twisted wires

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Abstract

A guidewire comprising a distal end (2), a shaft portion (4) and a proximal end (3), wherein the shaft portion comprises a single helically wound, ribbon-shaped wire (7) having a pitch angle a in the range of 35° to 76°, and said helical wound wire preferably has a smaller total outer diameter at the distal end than at its proximal end.
CA002366383A 1999-03-29 2000-03-29 A helically wound guidewire Expired - Fee Related CA2366383C (en)

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EP99610023A EP1040842B1 (en) 1999-03-29 1999-03-29 A guidewire
EP99610023.6 1999-03-29
PCT/US2000/008272 WO2000057943A1 (en) 1999-03-29 2000-03-29 A helically wound guidewire

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EP (2) EP1040842B1 (en)
JP (1) JP4748858B2 (en)
KR (1) KR20020008141A (en)
AT (1) ATE266442T1 (en)
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CA (1) CA2366383C (en)
DE (2) DE69917213T2 (en)
DK (2) DK1040842T3 (en)
ES (1) ES2220026T3 (en)
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