GUIDE WIRE HAVING BENDING SEGMENTS
Application 1836/KOLNP/2005 published 2006-12-08, filed 2005-09-15
A guide wire including a continuous, unitary wire having a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment is shown and described. The third segment has a bending moment of inertia less than the bending moment of inertia of the first and second segments. The guide wire can be used to advance a medical device within a body lumen. (FIG. -10)
Applicant
EHTICON ENDO-SURGERY INC
4545 CREEK ROAD, CINCINNATI OH OHIO CORPORATION USA
Inventor
1. KEVIN K GEE 2. SCOTT J TIERNEY 3. CHRISTOPHER PAUL SWAIN 4. GARY L LONG 5. GREGORY J BAKOS 6. SACCHETTI MARIO 7. VITALE GIANNI
International Info
Classification: A61M 25/00
Publication Number: WO 04/089455 A3
Application Date: 2004-04-01
Priority Information
10/406,020 US 2003-04-03