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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Applicants:
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignees:
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 5/6851 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0915 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09066 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09108 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09133 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09166 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09175 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical guidewire includes a flexible spiral coil, a fiber, and a strengthening element. The coil is configured to guide a medical device into a patient body. The fiber extends along at least part of the coil, is coupled to the at least part of the coil at one or more first predefined locations and is configured to mechanically strengthen the at least part of the coil. The strengthening element is coupled to one or more second predefined locations along a distal section of the coil, and is configured to mechanically strengthen the distal section.