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Date of Patent
June 29, 2010
Patent Application Number
11902863
Date Filed
September 26, 2007
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Patent abstract
A guide wire includes a wire body having a tapered portion disposed on a distal end portion thereof and having an outside diameter progressively reduced toward a distal end thereof. The guide wire includes a coil disposed in covering relation to the distal end portion of the wire body and a helically shaped wire. The coil includes an increasing wire-diameter portion where the diameter of the wire increases continuously toward a distal end thereof, the increasing wire-diameter portion being disposed in covering relation to the outer circumference of at least a portion of the tapered portion in a longitudinal direction.
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