GUIDEWIRE DISTAL TIP SOLDERING METHOD

摘要

A guidewire manufacturing assembly and method of forming an improved distal tip on a guidewire are disclosed. A guidewire may be an elongate shaft (12),a coil (16) disposed along the length of the shaft (12), a holding fixture (20) coupled to the shaft (12), a solder ball (22) disposed 5 to flux (24), and a heat source (26) disposed proximate the solder ball (22) to partially melt the solder ball (22) and allow formation of an atraumatic distal tip.