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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2020
Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Kenta Tsuge, Seto, JP;
Ayuko Miyata, Seto, JP;
ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD., Seto, JP;
Abstract
A guide wire of the present disclosure includes a core shaft having a distal end portion reducing in diameter, a coil body wound to cover the distal end portion, and a distal end fixing portion fixing the core shaft and the coil body to each other. The distal end portion includes a small diameter portion, a large diameter portion, and a tapered portion between the small diameter portion and the large diameter portion. The core shaft and the coil body are fixed at a portion excluding the tapered portion. A first bending rigidity FR1 of the large diameter portion, a second bending rigidity FR2 of the small diameter portion, and a length L of the tapered portion satisfy the following expressions (1) and (2). In the following expressions (1) and (2), the unit of L is mm (millimeter).1/2≥10  (1)1≤≤3  (2)