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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2023
Muffin Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Ram H. Paul, Bloomington, IN (US);
Sean D. Chambers, Bloomington, IN (US);
David Gross, Lafayette, IN (US);
Neal Fearnot, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Jesse Roll, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Joshua F. Krieger, Topsfield, MA (US);
Carl A. Cook, Bloomington, IN (US);
Muffin Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to methods of imaging a portion of a body vessel using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), methods of performing interventional medical treatment under MRI, interventional medical devices, such as wire guides, useful in performing treatment under MRI, and methods of making interventional medical devices. A method of imaging a portion of a body vessel of a patient using MRI includes advancing through a body vessel an end of a wire guide comprising a continuous metal core member and a continuous jacket disposed over the entire core member through a body vessel and scanning the portion of the patient that is positioned within an MRI scanner and that includes a portion of the body vessel within which the end of the wire guide is disposed. A secondary medical device, such as a catheter, can be disposed over the wire guide and manipulated in the method.