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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Satoru Kanuka, Fujinomiya, JP;
Chikei Shinohara, Fujinomiya, JP;
Akihiko Umeno, Fujinomiya, JP;
Noriyuki Tamai, Numazu, JP;
Yutaka Tano, Fujinomiya, JP;
Satoru Kanuka, Fujinomiya, JP;
Chikei Shinohara, Fujinomiya, JP;
Akihiko Umeno, Fujinomiya, JP;
Noriyuki Tamai, Numazu, JP;
Yutaka Tano, Fujinomiya, JP;
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical guide wire includes a core wire having a distal portion, and a cover portion formed of a resin for covering at least the distal portion of the core wire, and is provided with a distal shape portion having a curved portion, wherein the distal portion of the core wire includes a tapered portion continuously varied in outside diameter, and a distal flexible portion provided on the distal side of the tapered portion, and the wire diameter variation rate at the tapered portion is 40 to 55%.