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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Joachim Georg Pfeffer, Aachen, DE;
Rolf W. Günther, Aachen, DE;
Thomas Schmitz-rode, Aachen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MARVIS MEDICAL GMBH, , DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61L 31/18 (2006.01); A61L 29/12 (2006.01); A61L 29/18 (2006.01); A61L 31/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/18 (2013.01); A61L 29/126 (2013.01); A61L 29/18 (2013.01); A61L 31/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a rod-shaped body () comprised of one or more filaments () and of a non-ferromagnetic matrix material (). The matrix material () surrounds the filament(s) () and/or adheres them to one another. The rod-shaped body is also comprised of a dopant consisting of particles that generate magnetic resonance tomographic artifacts that is introduced into the matrix material (). Rod-shaped bodies of this type can be used to construct guide wires, catheters and other instruments to be used in minimally invasive surgical interventions.