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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Hideo Satou, Fujinomiya, JP;
Katsuro Mishima, Yugawara-cho, JP;
Inventors:
Hideo Satou, Fujinomiya, JP;
Katsuro Mishima, Yugawara-cho, JP;
Assignee:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A guide wire includes an elongated flexible wire body and a tubular member disposed so as to cover the outer periphery of a portion of the wire body on the distal end side. The tubular member includes a lamination portion having an inner layer and an outer layer made of a resin material, and a reinforcing member disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer and formed by winding a wire material spirally. The reinforcing member reinforces the lamination portion.