Title:
GUIDE WIRE WITH A NON-RECTANGULAR SHAPING MEMBER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003041784
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A guide wire for guiding a medical device within a patient is disclosed. The guide wire includes an elongate core with a flexible body disposed about and secured to a distal core section of the elongate core. A shapeable member extends distally from the distal core section, and the shapeable member preferably includes a non-rectangular, cross-sectional shape including a D-shape, semicircle, a triangle, or the like. In various embodiments, the polygonal shape of the cross-section is defined by a height h and a width b, wherein the moment of inertia of the shapeable member is preferably defined by at least 0.083 x b x h<3>.
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Inventors:
WONG SHARON Y
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/035685
Publication Date:
December 18, 2003
Filing Date:
November 06, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (US)
International Classes:
A61B5/00; A61M25/00; A61M25/01; A61M25/09; (IPC1-7): A61M25/01
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2001026725A1 | 2001-04-19 |
Foreign References:
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| US4748986A | 1988-06-07 | |||
| US5673707A | 1997-10-07 | |||
| EP0480427A1 | 1992-04-15 |
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