Guidable catheter assembly using coated deflector wire and metho

Details Guidable catheter assembly using coated deflector wire and metho Guidable catheter assembly using coated deflector wire and metho

1993-10-27

1995-05-30

Rimell, Sam

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128657, A61M 2500

Patent

active

054193400

ABSTRACT:
A specialized control wire for use in the guidance of catheters includes a stainless steel core wire having a ball formed on the distal tip of the wire. The control wire is resiliently biased into a linear orientation for the purposes of selectively deflecting the curved distal portion of a catheter into relaxed and unrelaxed positions. The control wire is covered at least in part with a low friction material. One such low friction material is polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) commonly available as Teflon.RTM. (a registered trademark of e.i. DuPont). Other lubricating materials may also be used such as hydromers and some silicones.

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