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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. 22, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jon A. Meyer, Bellingham, MA (US);
Maura Rooney, Cambridge, MA (US);
Richard J. Quigley, Boston, MA (US);
Thomas F. Mirarchi, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ; B29C 4/706 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ; B29C 4/706 ;
Abstract
A multi-layered guide wire that uses separate layers to achieve desired guide wire characteristics. Each of the layers may enhance one or more of the desired guide wire characteristics, with the combination of layers providing the desired combination of guide wire characteristics. Each of the layers may be provided over the entire guide wire, or only over selected portions of the guide wire. Further, selected layers may be co-extruded over the guide wire, which may reduce the manufacturing costs associated therewith.