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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:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2023
Applicant:
C.r. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Salvatore Privitera, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09083 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09108 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09133 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09166 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guidewire comprising a hydrophilic surface coating encasing a core and a metal coil along a longitudinal length of the hydrophilic surface coating to form a distal closed tip, the metal coil circumscribing the core along a predetermined length, the core extending longitudinally beyond the metal coil in both a proximal direction and a distal direction, wherein a proximal section of the guidewire includes a hydrophobic surface coating.