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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Tadahiro Koike, Nagoya, JP;
Inventor:
Tadahiro Koike, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd., Nagoya-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A guidewire includes a core shaft, a coil body that covers the core shaft, and a joining portion formed of metal solder that couples the core shaft and the coil body. The coil body includes a tungsten wire and a noble metal plating layer that covers at least a portion of a surface of the tungsten wire. A surface of the noble metal plating layer has a first uneven shape, including at least one recess and at least one protrusion.