Deformable tip super elastic guidewire

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PATENT NO 5636642
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08428819

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This invention is a surgical device. It is a guidewire for use in a catheter and is used for accessing a targeted site within a system of lumen within a patient's body. The guidewire may be of a high elasticity metal alloy, preferably a Ni--Ti alloy, having specified physical parameters, and is especially useful for accessing peripheral or soft tissue targets. The 'necked' guidewire tip also forms a specific parameter of the invention.

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TARGET THERAPEUTICS INCFREMONT CA 94538

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Palermo, Thomas J Palo Alto, CA 57 7018

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