US5507729A
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One-piece guide part and process for the production thereof
Assignee: Angiomed GmbH and Co Medizentechnik KG
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Filing: 1994-01-28
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Granted: 1996-04-16
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Expires: 2014-01-28
Abstract
Abstract Guide wires for the medical field and which are e.g. used for the introduction of catheters, locks, etc. into the human body and in particular into vessels and organs are disclosed. To avoid the risk of a detachment of parts, the guide wire is provided as a one-piece, highly flexible material guide wire, which has a proximal end portion with a first thickness and following onto the same at least one cross-sectional reduction for increasing the bending flexibility at least in an area connected to the proximal end portion and which in the distal end portion remote from the proximal end portion has portions with a cross-section of the same order of magnitude as that of the proximal end portion. According to a preferred process for producing such a guide wire, a rod-shaped part with a smooth outer wall is drawn continuously and at least once over part of its length from an etching bath attacking its material into a non-etching environment.
Inventors
- 👤 Josef Lindenberg
- 👤 Wolfram Schnepp-Pesch
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 21:09
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/01; A61M25/09; A61M2025/09058; A61M2025/09075; A61M2025/09175
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A guide wire for catheterization, said guide wire being solid and made in one piece from an elastic metal and including a distal end portion of a constant cross-section and a proximal end portion having a rounded end face which has a maximum diameter greater than a minimum diameter of a transition area conically tapering at least from said distal end portion to said proximal end portion, wherein said transition area continuously widens over its entire length from a minimum cross-section point directly behind said proximal end portion to said distal end portion, and wherein said proximal end portion has at its axial end joining said transition area a shape like the end of a drop which passes continuously into said transition area.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
A guide wire for catheterization, said guide wire being solid and made in one piece from an elastic metal and including a distal end portion of a constant cross-section and a proximal end portion having a rounded end face which has a maximum diameter greater than a minimum diameter of a transition area conically tapering at least from said distal end portion to said proximal end portion, wherein said transition area continuously widens over its entire length from a minimum cross-section point directly behind said proximal end portion to said distal end portion, and wherein said proximal end portion has at its axial end joining said transition area a shape like the end of a drop which passes continuously into said transition area.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The guide wire according to claim 1, wherein said minimum diameter is less than a quarter of said maximum diameter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
The guide wire according to claim 1, wherein said transition area extending from the minimum cross-section point behind said proximal end and away from the latter is at least 10 times as long as said proximal end portion which extends from the minimum cross-section point forward to said rounded end face thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The guide part according to claim 1, wherein said transition area has a length which is at least 20 times as long as said proximal end portion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The guide wire according to claim 1, wherein said transition area is formed by removing solid material from said guide wire.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The guide wire according to claim 4, wherein said removing is accomplished by grinding.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The guide wire according to claim 4, wherein said removing is accomplishing by etching.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The guide wire according to claim 1, wherein said wire is made from nickel-titanium alloy.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
The guide wire according to claim 1, wherein at least in the area of said transition area and said proximal end portion said guide wire has a memory property such that as a function of the temperature above or below a given temperature range, said guide wire assumes a different configuration.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The guide wire according to claim 1 wherein said rounded end face of said proximal end portion is hemispherical.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
The guide wire according to claim 1, wherein said proximal end portion as a whole is drop shaped.
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