Patent ID: 8702720
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A wire guide for intracorporeal procedures, the wire guide comprising: a main body having a distal end, the main body defining a longitudinal axis, the distal end of the main body constructed of a plurality of wires stranded together to form the main body, wherein distal portions of the plurality of wires form the plurality of strands of a tassel tip; and the tassel tip formed at the distal end of the main body, the tassel tip defined by a plurality of strands each having a connecting portion, middle portion and a free end portions, the connecting portion connected to the main body at a connection point, the middle portion located between the connecting and free end portion, the tassel tip operable between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, the free end portions of the plurality of strands positioned adjacent the longitudinal axis in the delivery configuration, the free end portions of the plurality of strands spaced radially from the longitudinal axis in the deployed configuration, the plurality of strands moving away from the longitudinal axis and the middle portions being curved to define atraumatic peaks in the deployed configuration, the free end portions being positioned distally relative to the middle portions in the delivery configuration, the free end portions being positioned proximal to the connection point and pointing proximally in the deployed configuration.