Patent ID: 11951267
Assignee: SCIENTIA VASCULAR, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A guidewire device including a shapeable tip, the guidewire device comprising:
a core including a proximal section and a distal section; and
a tube structure coupled to the core such that the distal section of the core passes into the tube structure, the tube structure including a first section, a second section distal to the first section, and a third section distal to the second section,
wherein the tube structure includes a plurality of cuts extending transversely into the tube structure, each cut forming one or more beams defined by a remaining section of tube material, each beam connecting two adjacent rings of tube material,
wherein the first section of the tube structure includes two or more beams between each pair of adjacent rings,
wherein the second section of the tube structure includes only a single beam between each pair of adjacent rings, and
wherein the third section of the tube structure includes two or more beams between each pair of adjacent rings.