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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Curtis A Amplatz, St. Paul, MN (US);
Stuart Lind, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Flexmedics Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128772 ; 128657 ; 604164 ; 604280 ;
Abstract
A guide useful for guiding a catheter within a blood vessel is formed of a single length of shape memory alloy. The guide has a central portion of uniform diameter and substantially identical tapered end portions each terminating in enlarged diameter portions defining smoothly rounded beads which function to reduce trauma to the lumen of a blood vessel.
Amplatz, Curtis. (1991). Flexible guide wire with safety tip (U.S. Patent No. 4991602). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4991602
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