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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. 15, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fernando M Viera, Hialeah, FL (US);
Assignee:
Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600585 ;
Abstract
A flexible guidewire having a radiopaque marker at its distal end. The marker is defined by a platinum band attached to a reduced diameter portion of a guidewire core wire. A flexible spring overlies the radiopaque marker bank. The spring is constructed of stainless steel. A weld band is formed at the distal end of the core wire and is fused to the distal end of the marker band to thereby cause these elements to be fused into a single unitary structure.