Guide wire

• US 7,252,643 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2003
• Issued: 08/07/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Satou, Hideo, Fujimoto, Katsuharu, Uchino, Shunichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hindenburg; Max
• Assistant Examiner(s): FOREMAN, JONATHAN M
• Application Number:
  US10/352,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20030181828A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,652 Days
• Field of Search: 600/585, 604/164.13, 420/1
• US Class Current: 600/585
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/09083 having a coil around a core
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/09 Guide wires

Abstract

A guide wire includes a wire body, a first coil, a second coil, and an elongate member. The first coil has a helical shape, and is disposed on a distal end side of the guide wire. The second coil has a helical shape, and is disposed on a distal end side of the first coil. The elongate member has a section that extends a longitudinal direction of the wire body. At least a portion of the section is located inside the second coil, and the elongate member is formed integrally with the first coil or the second coil.

Claims

1. A guide wire comprising:

a wire body;

a first coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said wire body;

a second coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said first coil; and

an elongate member having a section that extends in a longitudinal direction of said wire body, and made of a reshapeable material, said material being the same as a material of one of said first coil and said second coil,

wherein at least a portion of said section is located inside said second coil, and said elongate member and said one of said first coil or said second coil are a single unitary part,

wherein a distal end of said wire body is inserted into an inside of said first and second coils substantially at an internal center thereof, and

wherein a distal end of said elongate member is fixed on said second coil.

2. A guide wire comprising:

a wire body;

a first coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said wire body;

a second coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said first coil; and

an elongate member having a section that extends in a longitudinal direction of said wire body, and made of a reshapeable material, said material being the same as a material of one of said first coil and said second coil,

wherein at least a portion of said section is located inside said second coil, and said elongate member and said one of said first coil or said second coil are a single unitary part, and

wherein a portion of said elongate member in a longitudinal direction branches off.

3. A guide wire comprising:

a wire body;

a first coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said wire body;

a second coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said first coil; and

a plurality of elongate members each having a section that extends in a longitudinal direction of said wire body, and made of a reshapeable material, said material being the same as a material of one of said first coil and said second coil,

wherein at least a portion of said section is located inside said second coil, and said plurality of elongate members and said one of said first coil or said second coil are a single unitary part.

4. A guide wire comprising:

a wire body;

a helical coil having a distal end and a proximal end and being disposed on a distal end side of said wire body; and

an elongate member that extends from the proximal end of said coil, is disposed inside said coil, and is made of a material that can be reshaped, said material being the same as a material of the coil, said elongate member and said coil being a single unitary part,

in which a distal end of said elongate member is fixed internally at a central portion of said coil.

5. A guide wire comprising:

a wire body;

a first coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said wire body;

a second coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said first coil;

a plurality of elongate members, each of said elongate members having a section that extends in a longitudinal direction of said wire body,

wherein at least a portion of said section is located inside said second coil, and each of said elongate members is a single unitary part with said first coil or said second coil.

6. A guide wire comprising:

a body section located on a proximal side, said body section made of a material;

a section located on a distal end side away from said body section, said section made of a material of a smaller rigidity than a rigidity of said material of said body section;

a helical coil having a distal end and a proximal end, being disposed on said body section, and being radiopaque at least at the distal end thereof; and

an elongate member that can be reshaped, is made of the same material as said coil, and extends into an inside of said coil from either the distal end or the proximal end of said coil, said elongate member and said coil being a single unitary part,

in which a distal end of said section located on the distal end side away from said body section is inserted into the inside of said coil substantially at an internal center thereof.

7. A guide wire as claimed in claim 6, in which said elongate member extends from the distal end of said coil toward a proximal side and has a proximal end which is fixed to a portion of said section located on the distal end side away from said body section.

8. A guide wire comprising:

a wire body;

a first coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said wire body;

a second coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said first coil; and

an elongate member having a section that extends in a longitudinal direction of said wire body, and made of a reshapeable material, said material being the same as a material of one of said first coil and said second coil,

wherein at least a portion of said section is located inside said second coil, and said elongate member and said one of said first coil or said second coil are a single unitary part, and

wherein said elongate member is formed on a distal end of said first coil and extends into an inside of said second coil.

9. A guide wire as claimed in claim 8, in which a distal end of said wire body is inserted into an inside of said first coil substantially at an internal center thereof.

10. A guide wire as claimed in claim 8, in which a distal end of said wire body is inserted into an inside of said first and second coils substantially at an internal center thereof.

11. A guide wire as claimed in claim 8, in which a distal end of said elongate member is fixed on said second coil.

12. A guide wire as claimed in claim 8, in which a distal end of said elongate member is fixed to said wire body.

13. A guide wire comprising:

a wire body;

a first coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said wire body;

a second coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said first coil; and

an elongate member having a section that extends in a longitudinal direction of said wire body, and made of a reshapeable material, said material being the same as a material of one of said first coil and said second coil,

wherein at least a portion of said section is located inside said second coil, and said elongate member and said one of said first coil or said second coil are a single unitary part, and

wherein said first coil and said second coil are partially overlapping with each other and helical windings of said first coil and said second coil are joined by being intermeshed together in said overlapping area in such a way that each winding appears between the windings of the other coil.

14. A guide wire as claimed in claim 13, in which a distal end of said wire body is inserted into an inside of said first and second coils substantially at an internal center thereof.

15. A guide wire as claimed in claim 13, in which said elongate member is formed on a distal end of said first coil and extends into an inside of said second coil.

16. A guide wire as claimed in claim 13, in which said first coil and said second coil are joined together at a joined part which is fixed to said wire body.

17. A guide wire comprising:

a wire body;

a first coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said wire body;

a second coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said first coil; and

an elongate member having a section that extends in a longitudinal direction of said wire body, and made of a reshapeable material, said material being the same as a material of one of said first coil and said second coil,

wherein at least a portion of said section is located inside said second coil, and said elongate member and said one of said first coil or said second coil are a single unitary part, and

wherein a transverse cross-sectional area of at least a portion of said elongate member is smaller than a transverse cross-sectional area of a wire material forming said first coil or said second coil.

18. A guide wire as claimed in claim 17, in which a distal end of said wire body is inserted into an inside of said first and second coils substantially at an internal center thereof.

19. A guide wire as claimed in claim 17, in which said elongate member is formed on a distal end of said first coil and extends into an inside of said second coil.

20. A guide wire as claimed in claim 17, in which at least a portion of said elongate member is shaped like either a flat plate or rectangular rod.

21. A guide wire as claimed in claim 17, in which said elongate member transverse cross-sectional area decreases when moving from a proximal to a distal end of the elongate member.