Multi-layer and multi-section coils for guide wire
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1. A guide wire comprising:
- an elongate wire including a core having an outer surface having an area per unit length, a tubular first layer disposed about the core having an inner surface having an area per unit length of no more than the area per unit length of the outer surface of the core, wherein a portion of the layer has a topology selected from the topology of a single-lumen tube or the topology of a single-lumen tube having a slit;
wherein the elongate wire has a first property over a first portion and a second property over a second portion, wherein the first property is different from the second property, and wherein the elongate wire is formed into a coil; and
wherein the elongate wire forming the coil comprises a continuous wire.
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Abstract
A guide wire having a coil disposed over the guide wire, wherein the coil is integrally formed of a single wire and has regions of differing properties over its length. Some wire embodiments have longitudinally alternating layer segments having differing properties including radiopacity, lubricity, hydrophilicity, hemo-compatibility, flexibility, malleability, stiffness, and shape memory properties. A coil may have numerous distinct property segments, while being formed from only a single wire and requiring only two points for affixation to the guide wire.
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1. A guide wire comprising:
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an elongate wire including a core having an outer surface having an area per unit length, a tubular first layer disposed about the core having an inner surface having an area per unit length of no more than the area per unit length of the outer surface of the core, wherein a portion of the layer has a topology selected from the topology of a single-lumen tube or the topology of a single-lumen tube having a slit; wherein the elongate wire has a first property over a first portion and a second property over a second portion, wherein the first property is different from the second property, and wherein the elongate wire is formed into a coil; and wherein the elongate wire forming the coil comprises a continuous wire. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A guidewire having a distal end portion provided with radiation impermeability and flexibility, the guidewire comprising:
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a core wire having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion and a circular cross-section decreasing in diameter at the distal end portion toward a distal end of the core wire, and a coil wire having a constant diameter provided coaxially with the core wire and provided on the distal end portion of the core wire, the coil wire comprising a continuous wire including a plurality of alternating regions of radiopacity.
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15. A guide wire comprising:
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an elongate wire including a core having an outer surface having an area per unit length, a polymeric tubular sleeve disposed about the core having an inner surface having an area per unit length of no more than the area per unit length of the outer surface of the core, wherein a portion of the sleeve has a topology selected from the topology of a single-lumen tube or the topology of a single-lumen tube having a slit; and wherein the elongate wire has a first property over a first portion and a second property over a second portion, wherein the first property is different from the second property, and wherein the elongate wire is formed into a coil.
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16. A guide wire comprising:
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an elongate wire including a core having an outer surface having an area per unit length, a tubular first layer disposed about the core having an inner surface having an area per unit length of no more than the area per unit length of the outer surface of the core, wherein a portion of the layer has a topology selected from the topology of a single-lumen tube or the topology of a single-lumen tube having a slit; the elongate wire further including a second layer disposed on a portion of the core free from the first layer; and wherein the elongate wire has a first property over a first portion and a second property over a second portion, wherein the first property is different from the second property, and wherein the elongate wire is formed into a coil.
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17. A guide wire comprising:
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an elongate wire including a core having an outer surface having an area per unit length, a tubular first layer disposed about the core having an inner surface having an area per unit length of no more than the area per unit length of the outer surface of the core, wherein a portion of the layer has a topology selected from the topology of a single-lumen tube or the topology of a single-lumen tube having a slit; the elongate wire further including a second layer disposed on a portion of the core free from the first layer, and wherein the first layer and second layer alternate; and wherein the elongate wire has a first property over a first portion and a second property over a second portion, wherein the first property is different from the second property, and wherein the elongate wire is formed into a coil.
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