Title:
BENDABLE GUIDEWIRES
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2021053386
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide guidewires and catheters for insertion into a body.SOLUTION: An apparatus includes a tube configured for insertion into a body of a subject, the tube comprising a plurality of strips, which are angled obliquely with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tube, by virtue of the tube being shaped to define a plurality of slits having respective oblique proximal ends and respective oblique distal ends. The distal end of each of the slits is nested between the proximal end of a first other one of the slits and the proximal end of a second other one of the slits, so that (i) one of the strips is disposed between the distal end of the slit and the proximal end of the first other one of the slits, and (ii) another of the strips is disposed between the distal end of the slit and the proximal end of the second other one of the slits.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
BEECKLER CHRISTOPHER THOMAS
JOSEPH THOMAS KEYES
JOSEPH THOMAS KEYES
Application Number:
JP2020160680A
Publication Date:
April 08, 2021
Filing Date:
September 25, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BIOSENSE WEBSTER ISRAEL LTD
International Classes:
A61M25/00; A61M25/09
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Konobu Kato
Takafumi Oshima
Takafumi Oshima