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Granted Patent B2
US 12661485 · App. 18/210,083 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Guide wire with tapered core at the distal tip portion having various coil body to provide varying stiffness

Inventors: Aoi Maeda (Seto, JP); Kenta Tsuge (Seto, JP)
Assignee: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
A61M25/09A61M2025/09083A61M2025/09133A61M2025/09191
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Patent No.
US 12661485
App. No.
18/210,083
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A guide wire includes a core shaft having an elongated outer shape, a first coil body disposed to surround a distal end portion of the core shaft, a second coil body disposed radially outside from the first coil body, and a distal tip fixing a distal end of the core shaft and a distal end of the first coil body. In the longitudinal direction of the core shaft, a distal end of the second coil body is positioned between the distal end of the first coil body and a proximal end of the first coil body, a proximal end of the second coil body is positioned on the more proximal end side than the proximal end of the first coil body, and bending stiffness of the first coil body is smaller than bending stiffness of the second coil body.

Claims (45)

1 . A guide wire comprising:

a core shaft having an elongated outer shape;

a first coil body disposed to surround a distal end portion of the core shaft;

a second coil body disposed radially outside from the first coil body;

a tubular body disposed radially outside from the second coil body;

a distal tip fixing a distal end of the core shaft and a distal end of the first coil body and a distal end of the tubular body; and

a second fixing portion integrally fixing a portion of the core shaft, a portion of the first coil body, a portion of the second coil body, and a portion of the tubular body, wherein

in a longitudinal direction of the core shaft, a distal end of the second coil body is between the distal end of the first coil body and a proximal end of the first coil body, and a proximal end of the second coil body is on a more proximal end side than the proximal end of the first coil body, and

bending stiffness of the first coil body is smaller than bending stiffness of the second coil body,

wherein the core shaft includes a tapered portion in which an outer diameter decreases from a proximal end to a distal end, and a flat plate portion on a more distal end side than the tapered portion and has a flat plate outer shape; and

a proximal end of the flat plate portion is aligned with the distal end of the second coil body in a longitudinal direction of the core shaft.

2 . The guide wire according to claim 1 , further comprising a first fixing portion fixing a distal end portion of the second coil body and a portion of the first coil body.

3 . The guide wire according to claim 2 , wherein the first fixing portion further fixes the distal end portion of the second coil body and a portion of the core shaft.

4 . The guide wire according to claim 1 , wherein

a proximal end of the tubular body is on a more proximal end side than the proximal end of the second coil body.

5 . The guide wire according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a coating layer coating outer surfaces of the distal tip, the tubular body, and the core shaft extending from a more proximal end side than the tubular body.

6 . The guide wire according to claim 1 , further comprising a third fixing portion fixing a proximal end portion of the second coil body and a second portion of the core shaft on a more proximal end side than the first portion of the core shaft.

7 . The guide wire according to claim 2 , further comprising a third fixing portion between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion that fixes a portion of the second coil body, a portion of the first coil body, and a second portion of the core shaft on a more proximal end side than the first portion of the core shaft.

8 . The guide wire according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third coil body disposed radially outside from the second coil body; and

the distal tip further fixes a distal end of the third coil body.

9 . The guide wire according to claim 8 , wherein in the longitudinal direction of the core shaft, a proximal end of the third coil body is on a more proximal end side than the proximal end of the second coil body.

10 . The guide wire according to claim 9 , further comprising a proximal end side fixing portion that fixes the third coil body to a portion of the core shaft.

11 . The guide wire according to claim 10 , wherein the core shaft includes a tapered portion in which an outer diameter decreases from a proximal end to a distal end, and a large diameter portion on a most proximal end side of the core shaft, wherein the proximal end side fixing portion fixes the third coil body to a portion of the tapered portion.

12 . The guide wire according to claim 10 , wherein

the core shaft includes

a tapered portion in which an outer diameter decreases from a proximal end to a distal end, and

a large diameter portion on a most proximal end side of the core shaft, wherein the proximal end side fixing portion fixes the third coil body to a portion of the large diameter portion.

13 . The guide wire according to claim 12 , wherein the proximal end side fixing portion fixes the third coil body to a proximal end of the large diameter portion.

14 . The guide wire according to claim 1 , wherein a proximal end of the tubular body is on a more proximal end side than the proximal end of the second coil body.

15 . The guide wire according to claim 14 , further comprising a fixing portion fixing a portion of the core shaft, a portion of the first coil body, a portion of the second coil body, and a portion of the tubular body.

16 . The guide wire according to claim 15 , further comprising a coating layer coating outer surfaces of the distal tip, the tubular body, and the core shaft extending from a more proximal end side than the tubular body.

17 . A guide wire comprising:

a core shaft having an elongated outer shape;

a first coil body disposed to surround a distal end portion of the core shaft;

a second coil body disposed radially outside from the first coil body;

a tubular body disposed radially outside from the second coil body; and

a distal tip fixing a distal end of the core shaft and a distal end of the first coil body, and further fixing a distal end of the tubular body, wherein

in a longitudinal direction of the core shaft, a distal end of the second coil body is between the distal end of the first coil body and a proximal end of the first coil body, and a proximal end of the second coil body is on a more proximal end side than the proximal end of the first coil body, and

bending stiffness of the first coil body is smaller than bending stiffness of the second coil body, and

the core shaft includes

a tapered portion in which an outer diameter decreases from a proximal end to a distal end, and

a flat plate portion on a more distal end side than the tapered portion and having a flat plate outer shape, and

in a longitudinal direction of the core shaft, the second coil body is disposed at a position not overlapping with the flat plate portion.