Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Flexible catheter guide
Patent
1994-08-25
1999-04-06
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Flexible catheter guide
604170, A61B 500
Patent
active
058910557
ABSTRACT:
The guide wire of this invention is especially suited for the percutaneous introduction of a balloon dilatation catheter into a blood vessel. It contains a flexible shaft with a proximal portion and a distal portion. A flexible helical coil assembly surrounds the distal portion of the shaft. The helical coil assembly has a radiographically visible distal helical coil and a proximal radiographically invisible helical coil. The proximal helical coil and the distal helical coil are attached to each other by a connecting helical coil that on one end is screwed into the proximal helical coil and on the other end is screwed into the distal helical coil.
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Akers Lawrence C.
Brown Michael A.
Richardson Peter C.
Schneider (Europe) A.G.
Strassburger Philip C.
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