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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2019
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Brent Gerberding, San Jose, CA (US);
Hancun Chen, San Ramon, CA (US);
Aleksandr Leynov, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Abstract
A guidewire includes: a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body extending from the proximal end to the distal end; a blunt tip; and a sleeve; wherein the body of the shaft comprises at least a segment that is surrounded by the sleeve, the segment coupled to the blunt tip; and wherein the segment of the body of the shaft comprises a flat portion having one or more openings extending through a thickness of the flat portion.