Flexible guide wire with safety tip

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1989-06-27

1991-02-12

Green, Randall L.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128657, 604164, 604280, A61B 500

Patent

active

049916025

ABSTRACT:
A guide useful for guiding a catheter within a blood vessel is formed of a single length of shape memory alloy. The guide has a central portion of uniform diameter and substantially identical tapered end portions each terminating in enlarged diameter portions defining smoothly rounded beads which function to reduce trauma to the lumen of a blood vessel.

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