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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd., Nagoya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Naohiko Miyata, Nagoya, JP;
Muneya Furukawa, Seto, JP;
Assignee:
ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09083 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09108 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09191 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guidewire suppresses an increase in operating resistance during pushing and pulling within a blood vessel that is extremely crooked and secures sufficient operability. The guidewire includes a core shaft and a coil body wound around the core shaft. The core shaft includes a first shaft portion positioned inside the coil body and a second shaft portion positioned proximally from the coil body. A twisted portion that is twisted along a longitudinal axis of the core shaft is provided in at least part of the second shaft portion.