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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Kurt J. Tekulve, Ellettsville, IN (US);
Andrew Bowers, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 27/06 (2006.01); B21C 47/24 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); B21F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 27/06 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61M 25/09033 (2013.01); B21C 47/24 (2013.01); B21F 15/00 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09083 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09108 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09175 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wire guide includes a solid core mandrel that is initially received in a flat wire coil that has a rest inner diameter that is greater than a uniform diameter of the solid core mandrel. The flat wire of the flat wire coil is in tension between a proximal location and a distal location so that the flat wire coil has a reduced inner diameter that is smaller than its rest inner diameter. The tension in the flat wire is introduced by torquing the mandrel relative to the flat wire coil as part of attaching the coil to the mandrel.