CPC A61B 90/06 (2016.02) [A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61M 25/0108 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02)] | 12 Claims |
1. An intravascular device comprising:
a catheter configured to be positioned within a blood vessel of a patient, the catheter defining a lumen; and
a radiopaque wire comprising a single piece of material arranged around the lumen of the catheter to form a plurality of tightly wound sections and a plurality of loosely wound sections,
wherein each tightly wound section is spaced from a nearest tightly wound section by a loosely wound section,
wherein each loosely wound section is spaced from a nearest loosely wound section by a tightly wound section,
wherein each tightly wound section comprises a same first length such that the plurality loosely wound sections comprises an even spacing between one another,
wherein each loosely wound section comprises a same second length such that the plurality of tightly wound sections comprises an even spacing between one another, and
wherein the second length is longer than the first length.
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