Title:
INTRACORPOREAL MEMBER WITH IMPROVED TRANSITION SECTION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003045488
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A guide wire having an elongate core member with a flexible body member disposed about and secured to a core paddle in the distal core section of the elongated core member. A shaping element having a proximal portion is juxtaposed to and secured to the core paddle. The portion of the shaping element distally adjacent to the juxtaposed proximal portion and core paddle has a bending stiffness comparable to the combined bending stiffness of the juxtaposed proximal portion and core paddle. The distal portion of the shaping element may taper so as to have a reduced cross-sectional area in the distal direction, where the portion of the shaping element distally adjacent to the juxtaposed proximal portion and core paddle is enlarged.
Inventors:
D AQUANNI PETER J
JAFARI MO
RICHARDSON MARK T
JAFARI MO
RICHARDSON MARK T
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/036152
Publication Date:
September 04, 2003
Filing Date:
November 11, 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:
| WO2000032265A1 | 2000-06-08 |
Foreign References:
| EP0495299A1 | 1992-07-22 | |||
| US6056702A | 2000-05-02 |
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