Patent ID: 7252643

Claim:
A guide wire comprising: a wire body; a first coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said wire body; a second coil having a helical shape, and being disposed on a distal end side of said first coil; and an elongate member having a section that extends in a longitudinal direction of said wire body, and made of a reshapeable material, said material being the same as a material of one of said first coil and said second coil, wherein at least a portion of said section is located inside said second coil, and said elongate member and said one of said first coil or said second coil are a single unitary part, wherein a distal end of said wire body is inserted into an inside of said first and second coils substantially at an internal center thereof, and wherein a distal end of said elongate member is fixed on said second coil.