Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Flexible catheter guide
Patent
1997-12-22
2000-08-22
O'Connor, Cary
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Flexible catheter guide
604 96, 604280, A61B 500
Patent
active
061064866
ABSTRACT:
A guide wire for intravascular investigations includes an elongated element, and electrical conductors extending along a length of the guide wire. A portion of one of the electrical conductors is provided as a layer of electrically conductive material, extending concentrically over the circumference of, and along the elongated element forming a part of the guide wire.
A method of manufacturing a conductor element for a guide wire with conductors in the form of a layer of a conductive material extending along the length of the conductor element is provided. A core element is provided. Overlapping layers of alternating insulating and conductive materials are applied concentrically around the circumference of the core element along a portion of its length, until a desired number of conductive layers have been applied.
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Egneloev Per
Tenerz Lars
O'Connor Cary
Radi Medical Systems AB
Wingood Pamela L.
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