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Hollow medical wires and methods of constructing same

  • US 6,217,567 B1
  • Filed: 10/08/1999
  • Issued: 04/17/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A hollow medical guidewire, comprising:

  • an elongate hollow body having distal and proximal sections, said body being at least partially constructed from a transformational, non-linear, superelastic nickel titanium alloy material, wherein at least said distal section has recoverable strain and exhibits an unloading plateau stress of not less than about 170 MPa;

    an occlusion device mounted on said distal section of said body; and

    a lumen formed in said body extending from the proximal section to the distal section for communicating fluids from said proximal section of said body to said distal section of said body.

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