Guide wire for catheter

- Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the front, right and top of a guide wire for catheter showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom view being an identical image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof, the rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view at 6—6 shown in FIG. 3 thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary view at 7—7 shown in FIG. 3 thereof.

The broken line showing portions of a guide wire for catheter is included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and forms no part of the claimed design.

The dashed-dotted line shown in FIG. 7 shows a boundary between the claimed portion and the non-claimed portion.

Claims

The ornamental design for a guide wire for catheter, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D611601
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 17, 2007
Date of Patent: Mar 9, 2010
Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo)
Inventors: Noriyuki Tamai (Fujinomiya), Katsuhiro Shirakawa (Fujinomiya), Hiroshi Yagi (Fujinomiya), Tomokane Kurosawa (Fujinomiya)
Primary Examiner: Ian Simmons
Assistant Examiner: Wan Laymon
Attorney: Akerman Senterfitt
Application Number: 29/290,076