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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
May. 11, 2006
Applicant:
Bernhard Uihlein, Dettingen, DE;
Inventor:
Bernhard Uihlein, Dettingen, DE;
Assignee:
EPflex Feinwerktechnik GmbH, Dettingen/Ems, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a guide wire for a medical instrument, which has a guide wire core () and a sheathing () that surrounds the guide wire core at least in sections. According to the invention, the sheathing (), at least in a shaft section () joined to an end section (), is provided with a rigidity greater than that of the guide wire core. The invention is for use, e.g. in medical instruments for magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) suitable applications.