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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:
Sep. 25, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey J Christian, San Jose, CA (US);
Menahem Nassi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cardiometrics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128772 ; 128657 ; 604164 ; 604283 ; 439448 ; 439449 ; 439668 ; 439825 ;
Abstract
A guide wire assembly comprising a flexible guide wire having a diameter of 0.018 inches or less and having a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes male and female connectors. The male connector includes a conductive coil spring and a core wire which extends beyond the conductive coil. The female connector includes a recess for receiving the core wire as well as a conductive element for engaging the coil spring.