US Patent No: 4,925,445

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Guide wire for catheter

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Abstract

A guide wire for a catheter having a body portion comparatively high in rigidity and a distal end portion comparatively flexible. At least portions of the body portion and the distal end portion are formed of a super-elastic metallic member. At least portions of inner core portions on the body portion's side and on the distal end portion's side, both of which are coated by a plastic, are formed of the super-elastic metallic member, and at least a portion of the inner core portion on the distal end portion's side is made smaller in cross-section than the inner core portion on the body portion's side. In consequence, the catheter can be reliably and readily introduced to a predetermined position.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHATOKYO1152

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Endo, Toshihiko Kawasaki, JP 12 478
Momota, Masashi Kamakura, JP 12 567
Sakamoto, Hidetoshi Osaka, JP 3 380
Suzuki, Tatsuo Kyoto, JP 118 2256
Tanabe, Susumu Nakai, JP 16 1428
Uematsu, Kenjiro Aichi-ken, JP 3 413

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Patent Citation Ranking

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. (57)
5,238,004 High elongation linear elastic guidewire 199 1992
5,527,298 Tracking guidewire 43 1992
5,385,152 Guidewire for crossing occlusions in blood vessels 67 1993
5,303,714 Guidewire for crossing occlusions in blood vessels 52 1993
5,505,699 Angioplasty device 26 1994
5,452,726 Intravascular guide wire and method for manufacture thereof 86 1994
5,443,907 Coating for medical insertion guides 50 1994
6,059,738 Guidewire having a coated tip 23 1995
5,725,570 Tubular medical endoprostheses 129 1996
5,836,893 Intravascular guidewire 36 1996
5,916,166 Medical guidewire with fully hardened core 39 1996
5,924,998 Guide wire with hydrophilically coated tip 40 1997
6,497,709 Metal medical device 35 1997
6,277,084 Ultrasonic medical device 19 1997
6,409,682 Intravascular guide wire and method for manufacture thereof 10 1997
5,885,259 Increasing radius curve catheter 34 1997
5,941,872 Method of using an increasing radius curve catheter 4 1997
6,527,802 Clad composite stent 47 1997
6,132,388 Guide wire tip 16 1997
6,290,721 Tubular medical endoprostheses 174 1997
6,093,157 Radiopaque guide wire 55 1997
6,190,399 Super-elastic flexible jaw assembly 39 1998
6,287,331 Tubular medical prosthesis 66 1998
6,306,105 High performance coil wire 96 1998
6,033,720 Guidewire having a coated tip 9 1999
6,251,086 Guide wire with hydrophilically coated tip 25 1999
6,726,712 Prosthesis deployment device with translucent distal end 93 2000
6,475,167 Guide wire tip 10 2000
6,548,013 Processing of particulate Ni-Ti alloy to achieve desired shape and properties 5 2001
6,494,894 Coated wire 34 2001
6,656,134 Guide wire with hydrophilically coated tip 10 2001
7,101,392 Tubular medical endoprostheses 16 2001
7,955,272 High performance coil wire 0 2001
6,918,882 Guidewire with stiffness blending connection 35 2001
6,652,508 Intravascular microcatheter having hypotube proximal shaft with transition 53 2001
6,908,443 Intravascular guide wire and method for manufacture thereof 2 2001
6,832,715 Guidewire distal tip soldering method 20 2001
7,670,302 Super elastic guidewire with shape retention tip 0 2001
7,488,338 Catheter having an improved torque transmitting shaft 2 2001
7,074,197 Composite guidewire 61 2002
7,063,674 Intravascular guide wire and method for manufacture thereof 1 2002
7,153,277 Composite medical device with markers 24 2002
8,167,821 Multiple diameter guidewire 0 2003
7,780,611 Medical instrument with controlled torque transmission 0 2003
8,337,519 Embolic protection filtering device 0 2003
7,785,273 Guidewire with reinforcing member 0 2003
7,115,101 Guide wire with hydrophilically coated tip 4 2003
7,214,201 Intravascular guide wire and method for manufacture thereof 1 2004
7,618,379 Composite guidewire 3 2005
7,951,093 Composite medical device with markers 0 2006
7,993,286 Composite guidewire 0 2007
8,414,506 Composite guidewire 0 2007
8,192,500 Ureteral stent 0 2008
8,231,647 Catheter having an improved torque transmitting shaft 0 2008
8,251,962 Protective coatings for medical devices 0 2009
8,226,702 Prosthesis deployment device with translucent distal end 0 2009
8,292,829 Medical instrument with controlled torque transmission 0 2010
 
CORDIS CORPORATION (37)
5,402,799 Guidewire having flexible floppy tip 72 1993
5,488,959 Medical guidewire and welding process 46 1993
5,601,539 Microbore catheter having kink-resistant metallic tubing 37 1995
5,830,155 Guidewire assembly 32 1995
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6,004,280 Guiding sheath having three-dimensional distal end 26 1998
6,425,898 Delivery apparatus for a self-expanding stent 95 1999
6,264,687 Multi-laminate stent having superelastic articulated sections 48 1999
6,245,100 Method for making a self-expanding stent-graft 66 2000
7,500,988 Stent for use in a stent graft 17 2000
6,626,938 Stent graft having a pleated graft member 21 2000
6,482,227 Stent graft having improved attachment within a body vessel 47 2000
6,503,271 Intravascular device with improved radiopacity 70 2000
6,942,688 Stent delivery system having delivery catheter member with a clear transition zone 7 2001
6,428,559 Removable, variable-diameter vascular filter system 99 2001
6,425,855 Method for making a multi-laminate stent having superelastic articulated sections 31 2001
6,863,685 Radiopacity intraluminal medical device 42 2001
6,656,203 Integral vascular filter system 71 2001
7,326,237 Supra-renal anchoring prosthesis 13 2002
7,314,483 Stent graft with branch leg 11 2002
7,267,685 Bilateral extension prosthesis and method of delivery 5 2002
7,229,472 Thoracic aneurysm repair prosthesis and system 3 2002
6,942,692 Supra-renal prosthesis and renal artery bypass 6 2002
6,887,268 Extension prosthesis for an arterial repair 17 2002
8,197,535 Low profile improved radiopacity intraluminal medical device 0 2002
7,128,718 Guidewire with deflectable tip 25 2002
7,309,349 Friction reducing lubricant for stent loading and stent delivery systems 6 2003
8,118,827 Total occlusion guidewire device 0 2003
7,862,609 Stent graft having a pleated graft member 12 2003
7,520,863 Guidewire with deflectable tip having improved torque characteristics 3 2003
7,351,214 Steerable balloon catheter 1 2003
7,794,487 Reduced deployment force delivery device 3 2005
7,481,778 Guidewire with deflectable tip having improved flexibility 2 2006
7,815,600 Rapid-exchange balloon catheter shaft and method 0 2008
8,197,796 Biocompatible polymeric contrast agents and radiopaque materials for medical devices 0 2008
7,704,488 Dendritic and star-shaped contrast agents for medical devices and bioabsorbable radiopaque bulk material and method for producing same 0 2008
 
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC. (29)
5,341,818 Guidewire with superelastic distal portion 227 1992
5,411,476 Superelastic guiding member 158 1993
5,695,111 Method of soldering TI containing alloys 76 1994
6,165,292 Superelastic guiding member 83 1995
5,637,089 Superelastic guiding member 127 1996
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6,387,060 Composite radiopaque intracorporeal product 27 1998
6,620,192 Multilayer stent 24 1999
6,706,053 Nitinol alloy design for sheath deployable and re-sheathable vascular devices 19 2000
6,638,372 Superelastic guiding member 33 2000
6,461,453 Superelastic guiding member 16 2000
7,976,648 Heat treatment for cold worked nitinol to impart a shape setting capability without eventually developing stress-induced martensite 0 2000
8,100,837 Superelastic guidewire with locally altered properties 1 2000
6,592,570 Superelastic guiding member 17 2001
6,679,853 Composite radiopaque intracorporeal product 21 2001
6,602,228 Method of soldering Ti containing alloys 8 2001
7,691,461 Hybrid stent and method of making 21 2002
6,682,608 Superelastic guiding member 21 2002
6,623,520 Multilayer stent 17 2002
7,244,319 Superelastic guiding member 7 2002
7,942,892 Radiopaque nitinol embolic protection frame 0 2003
7,938,843 Devices configured from heat shaped, strain hardened nickel-titanium 0 2003
7,335,227 Multilayer stent 2 2003
7,258,753 Superelastic guiding member 5 2003
7,296,333 Process for providing composite radiopaque intracorporeal product 8 2003
7,959,999 Hybrid stent and method of making 0 2007
7,918,011 Method for providing radiopaque nitinol alloys for medical devices 0 2007
7,905,003 Process for proving a composite radiopaque intracorporeal product 0 2007
8,123,702 Composite guide wire with drawn and filled tube construction 0 2008
 
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (29)
5,304,140 Catheter for introduction into blood vessel 34 1990
5,069,226 Catheter guidewire with pseudo elastic shape memory alloy 252 1990
5,397,306 Catheter 88 1993
RE36628 Method of manufacturing a differentially heat treated catheter guide wire 24 1997
6,767,418 Ti-Zr type alloy and medical appliance formed thereof 26 2000
7,547,288 Guide wire 1 2003
7,922,673 Guide wire 2 2003
7,722,551 Guide wire 0 2003
7,785,274 Guide wire 1 2004
7,607,561 Guide wire 0 2007
8,124,905 Guide wire 0 2007
8,109,887 Guide wire 1 2007
7,892,187 Guide wire 0 2007
7,744,545 Guide wire 0 2007
7,637,875 Guide wire 1 2007
8,206,837 Interventional medical device 0 2007
7,641,622 Guide wire 1 2007
7,896,820 Guide wire 0 2007
7,762,962 Intermediate member, and a medical device and guide wire including such an intermediate member 1 2008
8,172,774 Guide wire 0 2008
8,128,580 Guide wire 0 2008
8,052,620 Guide wire and stent 1 2008
7,753,859 Guide wire 0 2008
8,353,849 Guide wire 0 2008
8,007,447 Guide wire 0 2009
7,770,779 Guide wire 0 2009
8,313,445 Guide wire 0 2010
8,348,859 Guide wire 0 2011
8,348,860 Guide wire 0 2011
 
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. (28)
5,007,434 Catheter tip attitude controlling guide wire 70 1989
5,242,394 Steerable dilatation catheter 38 1992
5,279,562 Low profile perfusion-type dilatation catheter 144 1993
5,558,643 Catheter with NiTi tubular shaft 19 1994
5,636,641 High strength member for intracorporeal use 138 1994
5,931,819 Guidewire with a variable stiffness distal portion 47 1996
6,482,166 High strength member for intracorporeal use 30 1997
6,736,843 Cylindrically-shaped balloon-expandable stent 11 1998
6,325,824 Crush resistant stent 31 1998
6,234,981 Vapor deposition coated intracorporeal device 26 1998
6,142,975 Guidewire having braided wire over drawn tube construction 48 1998
6,287,292 Guidewire with a variable stiffness distal portion 12 1999
6,248,082 Guidewire with tubular connector 42 1999
6,673,025 Polymer coated guidewire 50 1999
6,589,253 Ultrasonic angioplasty transmission wire 13 1999
6,494,891 Ultrasonic angioplasty transmission member 14 1999
6,450,975 Ultrasonic transmission guide wire 42 1999
6,572,646 Curved nitinol stent for extremely tortuous anatomy 58 2000
6,694,595 Method of making a guidewire core 0 2000
6,554,848 Marker device for rotationally orienting a stent delivery system prior to deploying a curved self-expanding stent 14 2001
6,602,208 Guidewire with tubular connector 11 2001
6,827,734 High strength member for intracorporeal use 6 2002
7,294,356 Performance enhancing coating on intraluminal devices 1 2002
7,455,687 Polymer link hybrid stent 1 2002
7,717,864 Composite guidewire with drawn and filled tube construction 2 2003
7,494,474 Polymer coated guidewire 5 2003
7,455,646 Polymer coated guide wire 14 2007
7,645,409 Polymer link hybrid stent 0 2008
 
ACCLARENT, INC. (18)
8,317,816 Balloon catheters and methods for treating paranasal sinuses 0 2002
8,114,113 Multi-conduit balloon catheter 0 2005
8,190,389 Adapter for attaching electromagnetic image guidance components to a medical device 0 2006
8,118,757 Methods and devices for ostium measurement 0 2007
8,146,400 Endoscopic methods and devices for transnasal procedures 0 2007
8,088,101 Devices, systems and methods for treating disorders of the ear, nose and throat 0 2007
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8,090,433 Methods and apparatus for treating disorders of the ear nose and throat 0 2007
8,080,000 Methods and apparatus for treating disorders of the ear nose and throat 0 2007
8,142,422 Devices, systems and methods for diagnosing and treating sinusitis and other disorders of the ears, nose and/or throat 1 2008
8,182,432 Corewire design and construction for medical devices 0 2008
8,100,933 Method for treating obstructed paranasal frontal sinuses 0 2008
8,388,642 Implantable devices and methods for treating sinusitis and other disorders 0 2008
8,414,473 Methods and apparatus for treating disorders of the ear nose and throat 0 2009
8,114,062 Devices and methods for delivering therapeutic substances for the treatment of sinusitis and other disorders 0 2009
8,425,457 Devices, systems and methods for diagnosing and treating sinusitus and other disorder of the ears, nose and/or throat 0 2009
8,435,290 System and method for treatment of non-ventilating middle ear by providing a gas pathway through the nasopharynx 0 2010
 
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. (18)
6,773,438 Surgical instrument having a rotary lockout mechanism 157 2000
6,572,626 Surgical instrument having a fastener delivery mechanism 38 2000
6,447,524 Fastener for hernia mesh fixation 91 2000
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6,843,802 Delivery apparatus for a self expanding retractable stent 63 2000
7,485,124 Surgical instrument having a fastener delivery mechanism 10 2001
6,551,333 Method for attaching hernia mesh 82 2001
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7,374,557 Subcutaneous self attaching injection port with integral fasteners 24 2003
8,007,474 Implantable medical device with reversible attachment mechanism and method 2 2005
7,918,844 Applier for implantable medical device 1 2005
7,850,660 Implantable medical device with simultaneous attachment mechanism and method 34 2005
7,651,483 Injection port 30 2005
7,561,916 Implantable medical device with indicator 31 2005
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8,162,897 Audible and tactile feedback 0 2006
7,905,893 Method for delivering a plurality of fasteners 0 2007
8,211,127 Injection port with extendable and retractable fasteners 0 2010
 
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (15)
5,241,970 Papillotome/sphincterotome procedures and a wire guide specially 45 1991
5,213,111 Composite wire guide construction 145 1991
5,243,996 Small-diameter superelastic wire guide 157 1992
6,254,550 Preformed wire guide 102 1999
7,621,880 Double ended wire guide 1 2004
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8,075,497 Wire guide having distal coupling tip 0 2006
8,137,291 Wire guide having distal coupling tip 0 2006
7,758,565 Identifiable wire guide 0 2006
7,731,693 Coupling wire guide 0 2006
7,811,238 Wire guide having distal coupling tip 0 2007
7,798,980 Wire guide having distal coupling tip for attachment to a previously introduced wire guide 0 2007
7,785,275 Wire guide having distal coupling tip 0 2007
8,133,190 Weldable wire guide with distal coupling tip 0 2007
8,029,555 Stent introducer system 0 2010
 
TARGET THERAPEUTICS, INC. (9)
5,409,015 Deformable tip super elastic guidewire 109 1993
5,636,642 Deformable tip super elastic guidewire 43 1995
6,139,510 Super elastic alloy guidewire 134 1995
7,883,474 Composite braided guidewire 1 1996
6,488,637 Composite endovascular guidewire 60 1996
5,772,609 Guidewire with variable flexibility due to polymeric coatings 152 1996
5,827,201 Micro-braided guidewire 71 1996
5,749,837 Enhanced lubricity guidewire 64 1996
5,769,796 Super-elastic composite guidewire 105 1997
 
COVIDIEN LP (8)
7,197,363 Microwave antenna having a curved configuration 15 2002
6,752,767 Localization element with energized tip 39 2002
7,160,292 Needle kit and method for microwave ablation, track coagulation, and biopsy 21 2003
7,311,703 Devices and methods for cooling microwave antennas 33 2003
7,468,042 Localization element with energized tip 3 2004
8,068,921 Microwave antenna assembly and method of using the same 0 2006
8,292,880 Targeted cooling of deployable microwave antenna 0 2008
7,846,108 Localization element with energized tip 0 2008
 
REVASCULAR THERAPEUTICS INC. (8)
6,059,767 Steerable unitary infusion catheter/guide wire incorporating detachable infusion port assembly 12 1998
6,746,422 Steerable support system with external ribs/slots that taper 9 2001
7,381,198 Steerable distal support system 4 2004
7,628,763 Guidewire for crossing occlusions or stenoses 3 2004
8,043,312 Guidewire for crossing occlusions or stenoses 0 2005
8,043,314 Guidewire for crossing occlusions or stenoses 0 2009
8,162,891 Delivery and exchange catheter for storing guidewire 0 2009
8,353,922 Guidewire for crossing occlusions or stenoses 0 2011
 
C.R. BARD, INC. (6)
5,284,138 Apparatus and method for positioning a sensor away from the blood vessel wall 23 1991
5,377,690 Guidewire with round forming wire 20 1993
5,265,606 System and technique for measuring blood characteristics by centering a sensor in an artery 24 1993
5,368,049 Superelastic formable guidewire with malleable cladding 112 1993
6,245,030 Flexible kink resistant, low friction guidewire with formable tip, and method for making same 20 1999
6,461,311 Low friction guidewire with off-center core 11 2001
 
MEDTRONIC, INC. (6)
5,597,378 Medical devices incorporating SIM alloy elements 402 1992
5,596,996 High support nitinol tube guidewire with plastic plug transition 32 1995
6,306,141 Medical devices incorporating SIM alloy elements 185 1995
5,916,178 Steerable high support guidewire with thin wall nitinol tube 54 1997
7,783,365 Implantable medical device conductor insulation and process for forming 0 2004
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GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORP. (5)
6,215,073 Multifilament nickel-titanium alloy drawn superelastic wire 3 1998
6,313,409 Electrical conductors and methods of making same 7 1998
6,137,060 Multifilament drawn radiopaque highly elastic cables and methods of making the same 26 1998
6,278,057 Medical devices incorporating at least one element made from a plurality of twisted and drawn wires at least one of the wires being a nickel-titanium alloy wire 36 1998
6,399,886 Multifilament drawn radiopaque high elastic cables and methods of making the same 9 2000
 
SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. (5)
5,632,734 Catheter shape control by collapsible inner tubular member 42 1995
6,340,441 Multi-layer guide wire and method of manufacture therefor 20 1998
7,470,239 High performance coil wire 2 2000
7,048,695 Guiding aid 3 2000
7,946,999 High performance coil wire 0 2008
 
FOGARTY, THOMAS J. (4)
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6,405,733 Device for accurately marking tissue 71 2000
6,752,154 Device for accurately marking tissue 55 2001
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NITINOL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (4)
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6,129,755 Intravascular stent having an improved strut configuration 177 1998
6,190,406 Intravascular stent having tapered struts 147 1999
6,287,329 Stent keeper for a self-expanding stent delivery system 46 1999
 
TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION (4)
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5,360,406 Stylet for retrograde coronary sinus cannula 6 1993
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8,425,588 Avoiding stress-induced martensitic transformation in nickel titanium alloys used in medical devices 0 2011
 
ADVANCED BIO PROSTHETIC SURFACES, LTD. (3)
7,235,092 Guidewires and thin film catheter-sheaths and method of making same 1 2002
8,142,490 Stent segments axially connected by thin film 0 2007
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COOK INCORPORATED (3)
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7,901,367 Wire guide advancement system 0 2006
 
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6,099,483 Jaw assembly for an endoscopic instrument 17 1998
6,168,571 Linear elastic member 42 1999
 
AVELLANET, FRANCISCO J. (2)
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6,191,365 Medical devices incorporating at least one element made from a plurality of twisted and drawn wires 10 1998
 
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (2)
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BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC. (2)
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EV3 INC. (2)
4,991,602 Flexible guide wire with safety tip 149 1989
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ISHII, YOSHIKAZU (2)
6,328,822 Functionally graded alloy, use thereof and method for producing same 2 1999
6,916,386 Core wire for a guide wire comprising a functionally graded alloy 1 2001
 
KATETRY KFT (2)
5,401,258 Coronary guide catheter 34 1994
5,445,625 Angioplasty guide catheter 29 1994
 
MEDTRONIC AVE, INC. (2)
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PERCUSURGE, INC. (2)
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6,183,424 Pressure measuring guide wire 3 1999
 
TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP (2)
7,497,862 Tissue marking apparatus and method 1 2002
7,951,091 Guide wire with stranded tip 0 2003
 
VODA HEART TECHNOLOGY, LLC (2)
6,595,983 Guide or diagnostic catheter for right coronary artery 13 2000
7,867,218 Steerable catheter for right coronary artery 0 2004
 
WESLEY JESSEN CORPORATION (2)
5,217,026 Guidewires with lubricious surface and method of their production 72 1992
5,368,048 Method of making radio-opaque tipped, sleeved guidewire and product 32 1993
 
ANGIOMED GMBH & CO. MEDIZINTECHNIK KG (1)
5,507,729 One-piece guide part and process for the production thereof 33 1994
 
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION (1)
5,622,184 Guidewire and method of manufacture 35 1994
 
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B. BRAUN CELSA (1)
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CABOT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (1)
5,830,156 Slip resistant guidewire 12 1997
 
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CARDIAC PATHWAYS CORPORATION (1)
5,882,346 Shapable catheter using exchangeable core and method of use 197 1996
 
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6,551,341 Devices configured from strain hardened Ni Ti tubing 102 2001
 
CONMED ENDOSCOPIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (1)
6,099,485 Torquable, low mass medical guidewire 33 1999
 
CORDIS WEBSTER, INC. (1)
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DYMEC CO., LTD. (1)
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5,188,619 Internal thoractic artery catheter 58 1991
 
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KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.) (1)
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MEDRAD, INC. (1)
8,157,766 Torqueable kink-resistant guidewire 0 2009
 
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8,308,658 Medical guidewire 0 2007
 
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6,575,994 Method and apparatus concerning bypass grafts 28 2000
 
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (1)
5,728,178 Guide tube for gastrostomy tube placement 52 1994
 
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (1)
5,133,721 Device for removing foreign objects from anatomic organs 11 1991
 
THOMAS J. FOGARTY, M.D. (1)
6,722,371 Device for accurately marking tissue 36 2000
 
VIVANT MEDICAL, INC. (1)
7,318,824 High-strength microwave antenna assemblies 20 2004
 
VODA, JAN K. (1)
6,475,195 Angioplasty guide catheter 6 2000
 
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. (1)
6,295,989 ICA angioplasty with cerebral protection 109 1998
 
WILLIAM A. COOK AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. (1)
7,715,903 Guide wire 0 2003
 
WYETH (1)
8,303,609 Coated medical devices 0 2001
 
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5,290,229 Transformable catheter and method 73 1991
5,306,263 Catheter 51 1992
6,120,495 Preformed coronary artery guide catheter 5 1995
5,820,592 Angiographic and/or guide catheter 85 1996
6,083,213 Angioplasty guide catheter 7 1997
5,868,700 Preformed coronary artery guide catheter 12 1997
6,110,163 Preformed coronary artery guide catheter 10 1999
6,478,813 Method for joining grafts in a common body passageway 11 1999
6,558,368 Preformed coronary artery guide catheter 12 2000
6,935,404 Intravascular device with improved radiopacity 23 2002
8,177,790 Medical retriever 0 2004
8,114,031 Facilitation of antegrade insertion of a guidewire into the superficial femoral artery 0 2006
8,439,687 Apparatus and method for simulated insertion and positioning of guidewares and other interventional devices 0 2006