Patent ID: 7449002
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A guide wire assembly for facilitating placement of a medical device, the assembly comprising: a longitudinally extending guide wire comprising a plurality of wire portions disposed adjacent to each other, each of the plurality of wire portions having a distal extremity and a proximal extremity, the distal extremities of the plurality of wire portions being joined, each of the plurality of wire portions having an outer surface extending from the distal extremity to the proximal extremity, a substantial longitudinal length of the outer surfaces of the plurality of wire portions are configured to abut each other; and an actuator operatively associated with the proximal extremities of the plurality of wire portions for applying longitudinally directed, differential push-pull forces to said proximal extremities for deflecting a distal end portion of the guide wire.