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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1998
Mo Jafari, Temecula, CA (US);
Sepehr Fariabi, Fremont, CA (US);
Lawrence E. Brennan, Temecula, CA (US);
Wayne E. Cornish, Oceanside, CA (US);
Marc M. Jalisi, Temecula, CA (US);
David M. Anderson, Temecula, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A guidewire for intraluminal advancement of a medical device within a patient which has an elongate core member with a flexible body member disposed on a distal section thereof. In one embodiment, the distal section of the elongate core member has at least one flexible segment with at least one pair of opposed tapered or parallel faces. Preferably the flexible segment with the tapered or parallel faces is disposed at the distal end of the elongate core and forms a shapable segment.