Guidewire having compound taper

Details Guidewire having compound taper Guidewire having compound taper

1996-07-10

1999-02-02

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Flexible catheter guide

A61B 500

Patent

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058657673

ABSTRACT:
A guidewire for a catheter having a corewire that includes a compound taper at its distal end portion. The compound taper of the corewire has a first taper that transitions into a second taper. The first taper proximal of the distal tip of the corewire has a greater angle with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the corewire, and is shorter in length than the second taper.

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