Infusion wire having fixed core wire

Details Infusion wire having fixed core wire Infusion wire having fixed core wire

1997-07-24

1999-12-07

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Flexible catheter guide

604 95, 604280, A61B 500

Patent

active

059974877

ABSTRACT:
An infusion wire that can be used either as a guidewire or an infusion catheter having a tapered core wire within an infusion lumen formed of the aligned lumens of the conduit of a proximal connector housing, an inner sheath in a proximal infusion wire portion and a distal coil wire in a distal infusion wire portion. The inner sheath is formed either of a polyimide tube or a wire reinforced polyimide tube, at least in a proximal section thereof In a fixed core wire embodiment, the core wire proximal end is attached to the connector housing, and the core wire distal end is connected to the distal end of the distal wire coil. An outer sheath is attached to the connector housing and formed over the inner sheath and the distal wire coil. A plurality of infusion side holes are formed in a distal infusion segment of the outer sheath in fluid communication with the infusion lumen. At the junction of the inner sheath and the distal wire coil, a radiopaque wire coil of a material having a higher radiopacity than the distal wire coil is formed into a plurality of radiopaque wire coil turns of substantially the same pitch, inner lumen diameter and outer diameter as the distal wire coil. The distal wire coil is space wound with distally increasing coil spacings. The distal core wire portion extending through the distal wire oil is tapered distally either continuously or in a stepped manner.

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