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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2007
Virgil F. Voeller, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Clay W. Northrop, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Justin M. Crank, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Ted W. Layman, Park City, UT (US);
Virgil F. Voeller, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Clay W. Northrop, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Justin M. Crank, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Ted W. Layman, Park City, UT (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
An elongate medical device such as a guidewire, that may comprise a first elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen there between, a second elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end, the second elongate member at least partially disposed in the first elongate member, a first connection between first elongate member and the second elongate member at the proximal end of the first elongate member, a second connection between the first elongate member and the second elongate member at the distal end of the first elongate member, and a third connection between the first elongate member and the second elongate member, the third connection disposed at a point between the first connection and the second connection, wherein the third connection is substantially at a location selected by the Method for Enhancing the Ratio of Torsional Stiffness to Transverse Flexibility.