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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Frechette, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Bill Dorcas, West Columbia, SC (US);
Brian Gore, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Assignee:
Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600585 ;
Abstract
A guidewire for a catheter having a corewire that includes a compound taper at its distal end portion. The compound taper of the corewire has a first taper that transitions into a second taper. The first taper proximal of the distal tip of the corewire has a greater angle with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the corewire, and is shorter in length than the second taper.