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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Garland L. Segner, Delano, MN (US);
Kent D. Anderson, Champlin, MN (US);
Douglas B. P. Molland, Tonka Bay, MN (US);
Thomas L. Clubb, Hudson, WI (US);
Michael J. Urick, St. Paul, MN (US);
Garland L. Segner, Delano, MN (US);
Kent D. Anderson, Champlin, MN (US);
Douglas B. P. Molland, Tonka Bay, MN (US);
Thomas L. Clubb, Hudson, WI (US);
Michael J. Urick, St. Paul, MN (US);
Tyco Healthcare Group LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A guide wire comprising an elongate, flexible core having a proximal region, a proximal end, a distal region, and a distal end, and the distal region having a tapered portion; a plurality of wire strands wrapped helically parallel to one another and disposed on at least a portion of the tapered distal region of the core; a polymer tie layer disposed on at least a portion of the plurality of wire strands; and a lubricious polymer layer disposed on the polymer tie layer.