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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:
Nov. 15, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fernando M Viera, Hialeah, FL (US);
Assignee:
Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128657 ; 128772 ; 604264 ; 604280 ;
Abstract
An intravascular guidewire is provided having a central section which typically comprises the majority of the length of the guidewire, and terminal sections which are of lesser diameter than the diameter of the central section. Each of the terminal sections is of differing physical characteristics relative to each other, to exhibit differing dynamic characteristics during use. This provides the user with a greater variety of guidewire performance characteristics, depending upon which end of the guidewire is used as the distal end of advancement.