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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:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
William A Berthiaume, Hudson, MA (US);
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128772 ;
Abstract
A guidewire including a core wire extending into a lumen of a helical coil and having a proximal end of the helical coil fixedly attached thereto. At least one round forming wire is fixedly attached to a distal region of the core wire and extends through the lumen of the helical coil. A rounded protrusion is provided at a distal end of the helical coil with the round forming wire(s) and the helical coil fixedly attached thereto.