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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2003
Applicant:
Benny Gaber, Haifa 34735, IL;
Inventor:
Benny Gaber, Haifa 34735, IL;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Guidewire apparatus including a guidewire including a coil, a distal portion of the coil being coated with a flexible coating, the coating being thicker on one side of a perimeter of the distal portion than on an opposite side of the perimeter of the distal portion, a pull wire disposed inside the guidewire connected at a proximal end thereof to a first stop member and at a distal end thereof to a second stop member, and an actuator disposed on the guidewire adapted to move the pull wire proximally such that proximally-directed pulling on the distal portion of the coil bends the distal portion towards the opposite side of the perimeter of the distal portion.