Guide wire
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Current Assignee / Owner
- TERUMO KK
- Publication Date
- 2006-10-18
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
technical field
[0001] The present invention relates to a guide wire, and more particularly to a guide wire used for guiding a catheter into body cavities such as blood vessels and bile ducts. Background technique
[0002] For example, such as PTCA (Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty: percutaneous coronary angioplasty), the treatment of difficult-to-operate parts, or the treatment for the purpose of reducing damage to the human body, or the examination of cardiac angiography, etc. With catheters, a guide wire is used to guide the catheter. Regarding this guide wire for PTCA, when using it, in the state where the tip of the guide wire protrudes from the tip of the balloon catheter, the guide wire and the balloon catheter are inserted into the vicinity of the narrowed part of the blood vessel at the target site, and the guide wire Guide the tip of the balloon catheter to the vicinity of the narrowed part of the blood vessel.
[0003] In addition, in the treatment...