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Micro-braided guidewire

  • US 5,827,201 A
  • Filed: 07/26/1996
  • Issued: 10/27/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A guidewire suitable for guiding a catheter within a body lumen, comprising:

  • a) an elongated flexible wire core having a proximal section, a middle section, a distal end section,b) a coil covering at least a portion of said distal end section and bonded to said end section distally with an adhesive,c) a tubular super-elastic alloy braid covering at least a portion of said middle section and bonded to said wire core in at least two locations with an adhesive, andd) a polymeric layer covering extending at least over said middle section and said distal end section.

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