Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Kevin Britton

David H Burkett

Wayne E Cornish

David K Wrolstad

Peter J D'Aquanni

Mark Richardson

Ryan Grandfield

Edwin P Mahieu

A guide wire for advancing a medical device such as a catheter through a patient's body lumen which has an elongated core with proximal and distal core section, a flexible tubular member such as a coil on the distal end. The wire core includes surface textures that are translated into the overlying coating. Alternatively, the coating has its own surface texture. The surface textures include randomly or non-randomly spaced bumps, divots, ridges, helical grooves, longitudinal grooves, undulations, etc.

Textured polymer coated guide wire and method of manufacture

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Murrieta, CA, United States of America

Kevin Britton