Patent ID: 11969564
Assignee: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A guidewire comprising:
a core shaft;
a coil body covering a distal end portion of the core shaft; and
a coating agent covering an outer periphery of the coil body, wherein
the coil body includes a distal coil body disposed on a distal side of the coil body, and a proximal coil body disposed on a proximal side of the distal coil body,
a surface roughness of the proximal coil body is higher than a surface roughness of the distal coil body, and
an outer diameter of the proximal coil body plus a thickness of the coating agent on the outer periphery of the proximal coil body is greater than an outer diameter of the distal coil body plus a thickness of the coating agent on the outer periphery of the distal coil body.