US 12,005,205 B2
Guidewires for medical devices
Brent Gerberding, San Jose, CA (US); Hancun Chen, San Ramon, CA (US); and Aleksandr Leynov, Walnut Creek, CA (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill (IE)
Filed by STRYKER CORPORATION, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED, Carrigtwohill (IE)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/716,280.
Prior Publication US 2021/0178127 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/09 (2013.01) [A61M 25/007 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09091 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09166 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09175 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. A guidewire, comprising:
a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body extending from the proximal end to the distal end;
a blunt tip; and
a sleeve;
wherein the body of the shaft comprises at least a segment that is surrounded by the sleeve, the segment coupled to the blunt tip;
wherein the segment of the body of the shaft comprises a flat portion having a width perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the shaft, and a thickness that is less than the width, and wherein the flat portion has one or more openings extending through the thickness of the flat portion from a first surface of the flat portion to a second surface of the flat portion opposite the first surface; and
wherein the segment further comprises an additional flat portion distal to the flat portion, and a connecting portion connecting the flat portion and the additional flat portion, wherein the connecting portion, the flat portion, and the additional flat portion have a unity configuration.