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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Applicants:
Akinori Matsukuma, Otsu, JP;
Motoki Takaoka, Otsu, JP;
Takahiro Yagi, Otsu, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09183 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09133 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22038 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00285 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a guide wire, wherein a deformed portion formed by bending and/or curving the guide wire is located in the region of 20-100 mm from the tip in the longitudinal direction of the guide wire, and in the deformed portion, the shortest distance between the central axis in the longitudinal direction of the guide wire and a point that is the farthest in the direction perpendicular to the central axis is longer than or equal to the minimum inside diameter of a lumen of a catheter shaft of an ablation catheter with a balloon used in combination with the guide wire, and shorter than or equal to 40 mm.