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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:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Puneet Kamal Singh Gill, Anaheim, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Durcan, Temecula, CA (US);
Matthew Vasquez, Temecula, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61L 31/08 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61L 31/088 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09075 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09108 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09141 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09158 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guidewire formed from drawn filled tubing having an inner core member encased in an outer layer. The inner core member is formed from a linear elastic or superelastic material and the outer layer is formed from a metal alloy such as 35N LT. A portion of the outer layer is ground down to form a feather edged joint between the outer layer and the inner core member.