US 12,128,197 B2
MRI compatible interventional wireguide
Ram H Paul, Jr., Bloomington, IN (US); Richard Swift, South Bend, IN (US); Shuo Yang, West Lafayette, IN (US); Tracy Willis, Bloomington, IN (US); and Gary Neff, Bloomington, IN (US)
Assigned to Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US)
Filed by Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,519.
Application 18/233,519 is a continuation of application No. 17/539,683, filed on Dec. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,724,073.
Application 17/539,683 is a continuation of application No. 16/207,391, filed on Dec. 3, 2018, granted, now 11,202,888, issued on Dec. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/594,010, filed on Dec. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0381460 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/05 (2021.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/09 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/285 (2013.01); G01R 33/286 (2013.01); G01R 33/3685 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09083 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09133 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireguide, comprising:
a connector having a connector first end, a connector second end, and a circumferential wall defining a connector outer surface and a connector lumen extending between the connector first end and the connector second end;
a first segment having a first segment first end, a first segment second end, a first segment body extending between the first segment first end and the first segment second end, and a first segment coating disposed on the first segment body, wherein the first segment body is made of a first metal material;
a second segment having a second segment first end, a second segment second end, a second segment body extending between the second segment first end and the second segment second end, and a second segment coating disposed on the second segment body, wherein the second segment body is made of a second metal material different from the first metal material; and
a wireguide coating disposed over the first segment, the second segment, and the connector.