GUIDEWIRE HAVING RADIOPAQUE INNER COIL
    22.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230414905A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18244417

    申请日:2023-09-11

    CPC classification number: A61M25/09 B23K26/355 A61M2025/09083 B23K2101/32

    Abstract: A guidewire for use in intravascular procedures has an inner coil that is radiopaque and an outer coil that is non-radiopaque at the distal end of the guidewire. The radiopaque inner coil is visible under fluoroscopy so that the physician can monitor the location of the distal end of the guidewire during a procedure. The inner coil and the outer coil can be formed from a single wire or a multi-filar wire. The inner coil and the outer coil can have any of the following cross-sections for enhanced torquability: I-beam; vertical rectangular; vertical ellipse; square; peanut shape; vertical hexagonal; horizontal hexagonal; and horizontal ellipse.

    GUIDEWIRE HAVING RADIOPAQUE INNER COIL

    公开(公告)号:US20210128883A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US16670888

    申请日:2019-10-31

    Abstract: A guidewire for use in intravascular procedures has an inner coil that is radiopaque and an outer coil that is non-radiopaque at the distal end of the guidewire. The radiopaque inner coil is visible under fluoroscopy so that the physician can monitor the location of the distal end of the guidewire during a procedure. The inner coil and the outer coil can be formed from a single wire or a multi-filar wire. The inner coil and the outer coil can have any of the following cross-sections for enhanced torquability: I-beam; vertical rectangular; vertical ellipse; square; peanut shape; vertical hexagonal; horizontal hexagonal; and horizontal ellipse.

    GUIDEWIRE COILS WITH DIFFERENT CROSS SECTION SHAPES

    公开(公告)号:US20210128872A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US16670991

    申请日:2019-10-31

    Abstract: A guidewire for use in intravascular procedures has an inner coil that is radiopaque and an outer coil that is non-radiopaque at the distal end of the guidewire. The radiopaque inner coil is visible under fluoroscopy so that the physician can monitor the location of the distal end of the guidewire during a procedure. The inner coil and the outer coil can be formed from a single wire or a multi-filar wire. The inner coil and the outer coil can have any of the following cross-sections for enhanced torquability: I-beam; vertical rectangular; vertical ellipse; square; peanut shape; vertical hexagonal; horizontal hexagonal; and horizontal ellipse.

    PROCESSING OF COBALT-TUNGSTEN ALLOYS
    30.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230399725A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-14

    申请号:US18324749

    申请日:2023-05-26

    CPC classification number: C22C30/00 A61F2/82 A61F2310/00035

    Abstract: Radiopaque implantable structures (e.g., stents) formed of cobalt-based alloys that comprise cobalt, chromium, tungsten, nickel, and platinum or another another metal having an atomic number or density greater than that of cobalt for increased radiopacity. In particular, processes are described for removing precipitate inclusions (e.g., tungsten rich precipitates) that render the alloy otherwise unsuitable for use in formation of a stent or similar implantable structure. The alloy with such precipitate inclusions can be heat treated within a narrow temperature range of about 1250° C. (e.g., 1225° C. to 1275° C.) for a time period in a narrow range of about 30 minutes (e.g., 20 to 40 minutes), to remove such precipitate inclusions. Higher temperatures and/or longer treatment times surprisingly do not resolve the precipitate inclusions, but treatment at about 1250° C. for about 30 minutes substantially removes the precipitates, resulting in a substantially homogenous structure suitable for use as a stent.

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