WO1990013329A1
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Catheter with high tactile guide wire
Assignee: Progressive Angioplasty Systems Inc
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Filing: 1990-04-25
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2010-04-25
Abstract
Abstract A catheter including an elongated highly flexible hollow lumen (12) and a guide wire (14) positioned within the lumen, the guide wire fabricated from nickel-titanium shape-memory alloy, the guide wire having greater than three percent (3 %) elasticity over the temperature range of use of the catheter allowing high-elastic deformation at low stress and low rolling and sliding frictional resistance of the guide wire when moved and bent within the lumen producing a high degree of tactile control is disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert L. Hess
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CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/10; A61M25/01; A61M25/09; A61M2025/09133; A61M2025/09141; A61M2025/09175; C; C08; C08L; C08L2201/00; C08L2201/12
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