Guidewire with shaped intermediate portion

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1997-11-18

2000-08-22

O'Connor, Cary

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Flexible catheter guide

604 96, 604280, A61B 500

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061064858

ABSTRACT:
A guidewire for advancing a medical device such as a catheter through a patient's body lumen which has an elongated core with proximal and distal core sections, a flexible tubular member such as a coil on the distal end and an intermediate portion, preferably formed at least in part by a polymeric sheath proximal to the coil having contact regions and recessed non-contact regions.

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