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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bryan Kinsella, Seattle, WA (US);
Lucas Gordon, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/509 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/509 ;
Abstract
A steerable guide wire and associated methods are disclosed. A guidewire in accordance with the present invention includes a shaft assembly including a lumen defined by a coil and an elongate shaft disposed within the lumen defined by the coil, a distal end of the coil being fixed to the elongate shaft proximate a distal end thereof, the elongate shaft including a curved portion proximate the distal end thereof, wherein the curved portion of the elongate shaft is biased to assume a substantially curved shape.