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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Pu Zhou, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Horng-ban Lin, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Hancun Chen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
James Feng, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Pu Zhou, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Horng-Ban Lin, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Hancun Chen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
James Feng, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guidewire. The guidewire may include an elongate shaft. The shaft may include a porous metal alloy. The porous metal alloy may be arranged so that the porous metal alloy has a first pore distribution along a first portion of the shaft and a second pore distribution different from the first pore distribution along a second portion of the shaft.