Abstract: Provided is a guidewire including a core shaft, an outer flexible tube, a stranded wire that extends parallel to the core shaft, and a hollow stranded-wire coil disposed in the outer flexible tube. The hollow stranded-wire coil is formed of multiple strands and surrounds the distal end portion of the core shaft and the stranded wire. Distal ends of the hollow stranded-wire coil, the core shaft, and the stranded wire are joined to a distal end of the outer flexible tube.

Abstract: Provided is a guidewire including a core shaft, an outer flexible tube, a stranded wire that extends parallel to the core shaft, and a hollow stranded-wire coil disposed in the outer flexible tube. The hollow stranded-wire coil is formed of multiple strands and surrounds the distal end portion of the core shaft and the stranded wire. Distal ends of the hollow stranded-wire coil, the core shaft, and the stranded wire are joined to a distal end of the outer flexible tube.

Abstract: Provided is a guidewire including a core shaft, an outer flexible tube, and an inner flexible tube that surrounds a distal end portion of the core shaft. The inner flexible tube is disposed in the outer flexible tube so that a distal end thereof is positioned between the distal end of the core shaft and a proximal end of the core shaft so as to be separated from the core shaft. A first joint is formed so as to join the distal end of the inner flexible tube to the core shaft. At least one second joint is formed so as to join the outer flexible tube to the inner flexible tube. The at least one second joint is positioned between the first joint and the proximal end of the core shaft.

Abstract: Provided is a guidewire including a core shaft, an outer flexible tube, a stranded wire that extends parallel to the core shaft, and a hollow stranded-wire coil disposed in the outer flexible tube. The hollow stranded-wire coil is formed of multiple strands and surrounds the distal end portion of the core shaft and the stranded wire. Distal ends of the hollow stranded-wire coil, the core shaft, and the stranded wire are joined to a distal end of the outer flexible tube.

Abstract: Provided is a guidewire including a core shaft, an outer flexible tube, and an inner flexible tube that surrounds a distal end portion of the core shaft. The inner flexible tube is disposed in the outer flexible tube so that a distal end thereof is positioned between the distal end of the core shaft and a proximal end of the core shaft so as to be separated from the core shaft. A first joint is formed so as to join the distal end of the inner flexible tube to the core shaft. At least one second joint is formed so as to join the outer flexible tube to the inner flexible tube. The at least one second joint is positioned between the first joint and the proximal end of the core shaft.

Abstract: Provided is a guidewire including a core shaft, an outer flexible tube, a stranded wire that is disposed parallel to a distal end portion of the core shaft, and an inner flexible tube that surrounds a distal end portion of the core shaft and the stranded wire. The inner flexible tube is disposed in the outer flexible tube so that a distal end thereof is positioned between the distal ends of the core shaft and the stranded wire and a proximal end of the core shaft so as to be separated from the distal ends of the core shaft and the stranded wire. A joint is formed so as to join the distal end of the inner flexible tube, the core shaft, and the stranded wire to each other.

Abstract: A medical guide wire 1 has a front helical spring 4 which is formed by two stranded wire units 41, 42 in a helically-wired spring configuration in which the two stranded wire units 41, 42 are further twisted in a helically-wired multiple spring configuration. This imparts an increased flexibility to the front helical spring 4, compared to the case in which a front helical spring is formed by a single wire to be diametrically identical to the front helical spring 4. With the favorable flexibility and sufficient torque-transmissibility, it is possible to reduce a risk of having a damage on a blood vessel upon inserting the medical guide wire 1 into the blood vessel.

Abstract: In a guide wire (1), a core line (2) has a proximal side wire (4) and a distal side wire (5), the latter of which is to be connected to a front end of the proximal side wire (4). The distal wire (5) is smaller in rigidity and superior in restitution than the proximal side wire (4). A concave portion (51) is provided on either the distal end surface of the proximal side wire (4) or a proximal end surface of the distal side wire (5). A convex portion (41) is provided on the other side wire among the distal end surface of the proximal side wire (4) and the proximal end surface of the distal side wire (5) The concave portion (51) and the convex portion (41) are interfit together, and pressure bonded by means of swaging or drawing procedure.

Abstract: In a medical guide wire (1) formed by a helical hollow wire body which is arranged to retractably move against a needle tip (6), the helical hollow wire body is formed into a wire-stranded helical hollow tube (2) by stranding a multitude of wire coil elements (3). The wire coil elements (3) of a wire-stranded helical hollow tube (2) has a stranding angle (?1) of 55 degrees or less against an axial direction of the wire-stranded helical hollow tube (2), and having an angle more than plus 2 degrees or an angle less than minus 2 degrees against a knife edge angle (?2) of the needle tip (6), thus preventing the wire coil elements (3) from inadvertently hitched in the needle tip (6), and thereby enabling manipulators to a smooth insertion and pull operation so as to improve a curability when the wire-stranded helical hollow tube (2) is retractably manipulated against the needle tip (6).

Abstract: In a medical equipment 1, a hollow shaft body 2 is made of single-wound or plurally-wound coil line elements 21, and has a cylindrical tip portion 3 formed on a distal end of the hollow shaft body 2, and a manipulative grip 4 connected to a proximal side portion of the hollow shaft 2. At least one of an inner surface and an outer surface of the hollow shaft 2, and at least one of an inner surface and outer surface of the tip portion 3 are provided with a screw-like concave-convex streak of projection 75. This makes it possible to cross the tip portion 3 through the diseased area which resists a dilatation device to cross through. The tip portion 3 is made of a radiopaque material and having a tapered portion 31 at a distal end of the hollow shaft body 2. The hollow shaft body 2 has a diameter-reduced portion 25 at the manipulative grip 4 having a transparent portion 10, through which the diameter-reduced portion 25 is visible from outside.

Abstract: In a medical guide wire (1) formed by a helical hollow wire body which is arranged to retractably move against a needle tip (6), the helical hollow wire body is formed into a wire-stranded helical hollow tube (2) by stranding a multitude of wire coil elements (3). The wire coil elements (3) of a wire-stranded helical hollow tube (2) has a stranding angle ?1) of 55 degrees or less against an axial direction of the wire-stranded helical hollow tube (2), and having an angle more than plus 2 degrees or an angle less than minus 2 degrees against a knife edge angle (?2) of the needle tip (6), thus preventing the wire coil elements (3) from inadvertently hitched in the needle tip (6), and thereby enabling manipulators to a smooth insertion and pull operation so as to improve a curability when the wire-stranded helical hollow tube (2) is retractably manipulated against the needle tip (6).

Abstract: In a wire-stranded hollow tube (1), a plurality of metallic wires (8) preformed with a predetermined forming rate are twisted along a circular line into a careless hollow configuration. When twisting the metallic wires (8), the neighboring metallic elements (1a, 1a) are subjected to compression with no gap between the neighboring metallic elements (1a, 1a). This increases a contact pressure between the neighboring metallic elements (1a, 1a) to attain a good tightness with a good circularity and diametrical uniformity secured therebetween, thus preventing the wire-stranded hollow tube (1) from inadvertently collapsing. A tightness is strengthened between the neighboring metallic elements (1a, 1a) when the metallic elements (1a, 1a) of different helical pitch are used. By applying the wire-stranded hollow tube (1) to a medical guide wire, a quick torque response and a good torque transmissibility are ensured which lead to a good manipulatability with a favorable follow-on capability.

Abstract: In a wire-stranded hollow tube 1, a plurality of metallic wires (8) preformed with a predetermined forming rate are twisted along a circular line into a coreless hollow configuration When twisting the metallic wires (8), the neighboring metallic elements (1a, 1a) are subjected to compression with no gap appeared between the neighboring metallic elements (1a, 1a). This increases a contact pressure between the neighboring metallic elements (1a, 1a) to attain a good tightness with a good circularity and diametrical uniformity secured therebetween, thus preventing the wire-stranded hollow tube 1 from inadvertently collapsing. A tightness is strengthened between the neighboring metallic elements (1a, 1a) when the metallic elements (1a, 1a) of different helical pitch are used. By applying the wire-stranded hollow tube 1 to a medical guide wire, a quick torque response and a good torque transmissibility are ensured which leads to a good manipulatability with a favorable follow-on capability.

Abstract: A guide wire for medical treatment has a flexible main wire and a coil spring in which the main wire is inserted. The coil spring has an untransmissive part and a transmissive part and is manufactured by welding together under a proper welding load a wire made of a material through which radiation cannot pass and a wire made of a material through which radiation can pass to form a base wire, which is coiled to form the coil spring. The guide wire can be smoothly curved and smoothly inserted or extracted into or from the blood vessel without injuring the blood vessel.

Abstract: A core wire of a guide wire has a plurality of twisted thin threads, a distal end of the core wire being diametrically reduced to be a thinnest tip, which has twisted ends united together. A resin layer is coated on the outer surface of the core wire. The thinnest tip of the leading end of the core wire is squelched into a flat-shaped configuration so as to form a flat portion. The flat portion is shaped into a multiple-stepped structure in which the thickness of the flat portion is progressively reduced by three steps or more in approaching the distal end of the core wire.

Abstract: In a guide wire is for a catheter, a core wire prepared by twisting a plurality of thin threads in which a leading end of the core wire is diametrically reduced to be a thinnest tip. A resin layer is coated on an outer surface of the core wire. The thinnest tip is treated by tightly uniting together a twisted ends of the thinnest threads.

Abstract: A guide wire for medical purposes having a proximal section and a distal section and formed by inserting all or a portion of a slender and flexible shaft into a coil and fixing the shaft to the coil, wherein the coil is a multiple-wire coil consisting of at least two pieces of wire, at least one of these pieces of wire is made of a material which is opaque against radioactive rays such as X-rays, and a portion of the coil closer to the distal section of the shaft is a single-wire coil consisting of only a composite wire made of the radiopaque material.

Abstract: A guide wire for medical purposes having a proximal section and a distal section and formed by inserting all or a portion of a slender and flexible shaft into a coil and fixing the shaft to the coil, wherein the coil is a multiple-wire coil consisting of at least 2 wire rods, at least one of these wire rods is made of a material which is opaque against radioactive rays such as X ray, and a portion of the coil close to the distal section of the shaft is a single-wire coil consisting of only a wire rod made of the radiopaque material.