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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J. Urick, Rogers, MN (US);
Assignee:
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 ;
Abstract
A low attenuation guide wire for use in combination with a radiation device for intravascular ionizing radiation therapy. The distal region of the guide wire is less attenuating to ionizing radiation than the proximal region and may be disposed adjacent the radiation emitting portion of the radiation device without significantly compromising the emission of radiation. Thus, the guide wire does not need to be removed or retracted in order to effectively deliver ionizing radiation to the vascular target site.