Patent ID: 6908442

Claim:
Male connector ( 1 ) for a guide wire ( 2 ), wherein the guide wire ( 2 ) comprises a guide wire core including a section that substantially extends through the guide wire ( 2 ) between a sensor at a distal end of the guide wire ( 2 ) and the male connector ( 1 ) at a proximal end of the guide wire ( 2 ), wherein the male connector ( 1 ) comprises a core wire ( 3 ), a plurality of conductive members ( 4 ) spaced apart longitudinally along said core wire ( 3 ), and a plurality of conductors ( 5 ) disposed along the core wire ( 3 ), each of the conductors ( 5 ) being connected to a respective conductive member ( 4 ), wherein the core wire ( 3 ) has such a shape that at least one longitudinal cavity is provided inside the male connector ( 1 ), the longitudinal cavity being adapted to remain substantially intact when the male connector ( 1 ) is bent, thereby protecting the conductors ( 5 ), which are disposed in said cavity, from being damaged if the male connector ( 1 ) is bent, wherein the core wire does not have a solid circular cross section, and wherein the core wire ( 3 ) is stiffer than the section of the guide wire core that substantially extends through the guide wire ( 2 ) substantially from the distal end of the guide wire ( 2 ) substantially to the proximal end of the guide wire ( 2 ).