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.
申请公布号
CA2522198(C)
申请公布日期
2012.05.22
申请号
CA20042522198
申请日期
2004.04.01
申请人
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.;UCL BIOMEDICA PLC
发明人
BAKOS, GREGORY J.;GEE, KEVIN K.;TIERNEY, SCOTT J.;SWAIN, CHRISTOPHER PAUL;LONG, GARY L.