Spiral-Cover Guide Wire for Controlled Septal Puncture

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing puncture devices for interatrial septum puncture, such as mechanical needles and radio frequency needles, pose risks of erroneous puncture and damage, with mechanical needles being cost-effective but risky and radio frequency needles being expensive and requiring additional equipment.

Innovation Solution

A guide wire with a flexible elongated shaft, a puncture portion, and a spiral-shaped cover portion with a contractible contraction portion that prevents the puncture portion from protruding by adjusting its state based on applied forces, ensuring high safety during tissue puncture.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a mechanical needle is used for interatrial septum puncture, then the cost is reduced and the device is simpler, but the risk of erroneous puncture and tissue damage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice costVSAvoidpuncture safety
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The puncture needle is nested inside the catheter body, which can cover and expose the needle as needed. This nested structure allows the simple mechanical needle design to be safely controlled, preventing erroneous punctures while maintaining manufacturing simplicity and low cost.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The puncture needle is designed to be movable relative to the catheter body, allowing it to be dynamically exposed for puncture and then retracted for safety. This dynamic control enables the use of simple mechanical needles while maintaining high puncture safety through active management of needle exposure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If the puncture portion is always exposed for easy puncture operation, then the puncture function is improved, but the risk of erroneous puncture and device damage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepuncture operationVSAvoiderroneous puncture risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The puncture needle is pre-positioned inside the catheter body in a covered state before puncture. The operator can then expose the needle only when ready to puncture, preventing erroneous punctures during insertion and navigation while maintaining ease of operation when the needle is exposed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The catheter body acts as an intermediary between the operator and the puncture needle, providing controlled exposure of the needle. This intermediary structure allows easy puncture operation when needed while preventing erroneous punctures by keeping the needle covered during non-puncture phases.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If the inner needle is bent to face the proximal end for safety, then the risk of erroneous puncture is reduced, but the needle may damage the outer needle or be damaged during insertion

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepuncture safetyVSAvoidneedle integrity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The bent puncture needle is nested inside the protective catheter body during insertion and navigation. This nested structure protects the needle from damage while maintaining its bent configuration for safety, and allows the needle to be exposed only when safely positioned for puncture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The catheter body provides beforehand protection for the puncture needle during insertion and navigation through the vascular system. This protective covering prevents damage to the needle from external forces while the needle maintains its safe bent configuration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The guide wire effectively prevents erroneous punctures by maintaining the puncture portion within the cover, reducing the risk of tissue damage and device interference, while providing a cost-effective and safer alternative to existing methods.

Implementation Method 1

a cover portion that is formed of a wire member wound in a spiral shape, the cover portion including a contraction portion that is contractible

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Data Source

PatentUS12465728B2Guide wire
Publication Date: 2025.11.11 TERUMO KK
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AI summary

A guide wire is disclosed for guiding a tubular elongated body to be inserted into a living body can include: an elongated shaft portion that has flexibility; a puncture portion that is disposed at a distal end portion of the shaft portion and forms a hole in a biological tissue; and a cover portion that is formed of a wire member wound in a spiral shape, has a contraction portion that is contractible, and covers the puncture portion. The contraction portion is capable of causing the puncture portion to protrude from the cover portion by contracting the contraction portion in a linear state. When the contraction portion is in a curved state, the contraction portion is restricted in contraction so that the puncture portion does not protrude from the cover portion by contact of adjacent wire members on a concave side.