Flexible guide having two-way shape memory alloy
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Jan 15, 1991
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Oct 12, 1988
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Oct 12, 1988
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A medical guide wire for insertion into body channels for accessing specific inner body areas without major surgery. The guide wire comprises an elongated, flexible guide having a core of a shape memory alloy, the guide utilizing the two-way memory properties of the shape memory alloy to impart tip-deflecting and rotational movement to the guide wire in response to a controlled thermal stimulus.
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