Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Flexible catheter guide
Patent
1998-03-31
2000-02-01
Hindenburg, Max
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Flexible catheter guide
A61B 500
Patent
active
060197374
ABSTRACT:
A guide wire (1A) shown in FIG. 1 of an Embodiment of the present invention is constituted by a core member (2) and a coil (3) wound around an outer periphery of the core member (2) all around the length of the core member (2). Stopper members (4) and (5) are provided in both ends of the core member (2), respectively. At least either of the core member (2) and the coil (3), thin film thereon, or a thin plate placed thereon is constituted by an alloy containing a nickel of 45 wt % or more, an iron of 3 to 6 wt %, a chrome of 10 to 25 wt % and a molybdenum of 10 to 20 wt %, or a metal material having a magnetic susceptibility at a temperature close to a room temperature (about 10 to 40.degree. C.) in an outer diametrical direction of preferably 0.5.times.10.sup.-4 to 5.0.times.10.sup.-4. The guide wire (1A) of this kind generates an artifact 1 to 7 times an actual outer diameter on an MRI image photographed by a gradient echo method, thereby suitably recognized in a monitor image by the MRI.
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Hindenburg Max
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
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