US 12,420,066 B2
Image guided surgery system guide wire and methods of manufacturing and use
Paul Lesch, Lino Lakes, MN (US); Alexander Houck, Hopkins, MN (US); Aaron Pidde, Bloomington, MN (US); and Matt Higgins, Maple Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Entellus Medical, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,958.
Application 18/177,958 is a continuation of application No. 17/020,077, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,617,866.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,999, filed on Sep. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0226325 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/09 (2013.01) [A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09141 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0915 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09183 (2013.01); A61M 2029/025 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0222 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3317 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0681 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guide wire system comprising:
a guide wire having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the guide wire comprises a superelastic material;
a first connector positioned at and coupled to the proximal end of the guide wire;
a second connector coupled to the guide wire between the distal end and the proximal end;
an electromagnetic sensor coupled to the distal end of the guide wire; and
a polymeric tube surrounding at least a portion of the guide wire and at least a portion of the electromagnetic sensor.