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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Microvention, Inc., Tustin, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nelson Peralta, Tustin, CA (US);
Ngoclan H. Nguyen, Stanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
MicroVention, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09041 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guidewire includes a shaft element and a flexible distal torque transmission element. The torque transmission element can be formed of a coiled wire having one or more of the loops that are welded or otherwise fixed together to achieve desirable flexibility and torque transmission.