Gunze Limited

Makoto Kawahara

Koji Kuroda

Takashi Kuraoka

Junya Kanetake

Kouji Kuroda

A medical guide wire with excellent visibility is provided. A medical guide wire including: a wire body () that is flexible and long; a covering layer () covering a surface of the wire body (); and a wire material () helically arranged on the covering layer (), wherein the covering layer () is formed of a transparent material same as a transparent material of the wire material (), and the wire material () is arranged at a regular pitch along the longitudinal direction of the wire body ().

Medical guide wire

A medical guide wire which can have both slidability and operability and can be easily manufactured is provided. A medical guide wire includes a long flexible wire body, and a wire-like material structure including a wire-like material arranged on the surface of the wire body, in which the wire-like material structure is thermally fused onto the wire body.

A wire member that exhibits an excellent sliding property is provided. A wire memberincludes: a core memberthat has an elongated shape; and a surface-disposed memberthat is spirally disposed on a surface of the core memberso as to leave predetermined spaces along a longitudinal direction of the core member. In a cross-sectional view taken along the axis of the core member, the front end and the rear end of each of projectionsA formed by the surface-disposed memberrespectively form contact angles &#x3b8;each being 5&#xb0; or greater relative to the surface of the core member

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Moriyama, Japan

Makoto Kawahara