Fluoroscopically viewable guidewire for catheters

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PATENT NO 5253653
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07786061

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A guidewire assembly for measuring the size of occlusions in blood vessels which includes a guidewire having a flexible, distal end disposable in a blood vessel. The guidewire has a core wire disposed within it which extends to the distal tip. A linear array of radiopaque markers is disposed adjacent the distal tip of the core wire. The markers are spaced from each other at predetermined distances, whereby to enable the user to accurately measure the size and diameter of occlusions in blood vessels using radiological techniques.

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INCONE SCIMED PLACE MAPLE GROVE MN 55311

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Daigle, James B Worcester, MA 5 918
DeMello, Richard M Acton, MA 18 2516
Flight, Bruce W Melrose, MA 9 493

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