Abstract: An extendable guidewire system including a guidewire and extension wire bearing separate helical coil connectors. The coil connectors, at least in part, have spatially separate adjacent coil turns, thereby providing gaps for receiving coil turns of the other connector.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 21, 1991
Date of Patent:
February 1, 1994
Assignees:
Baxter International, Inc., Lake Region Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Inventors:
Joseph F. Fleischhaker, Jr., Sheryl Higgins, Michael C. Schiffer, Scott Evans