Provided is a guide wire including a core shaft, a coil body wound around the entire core shaft, a distal end joint portion that joins a distal end portion of the core shaft and a distal end portion of the coil body, a proximal end joint portion that joins a proximal end portion of the core shaft and a proximal end portion of the coil body, and a plurality of intermediate joint portions that are each arranged on a distal end side of a distal end of the proximal end joint portion and each join the core shaft and the coil body.

A vascular embolization device includes a coil with a primary shape and an stretch resistant wire provided inside the coil, in which the stretch resistant wire is a multilayer strand including at least one core layer and at least one outer layer including one or more resin compositions and a biochemical active material, and the core layer is composed of a material with a tensile break strength higher than that of the outer layer. The vascular embolization device has the function of administering a biochemical active material and also has good flexibility.

A guide wire includes a core shaft having a first expanded diameter portion which increases in diameter toward the proximal end side and a first extended portion, a first coil body wound so as to cover at least a portion of the core shaft, a distal end fixing portion at which the distal end of the core shaft and the distal end of the first coil body are fixed to each other and a proximal end of the first coil body is not fixed to the first expanded diameter portion, but is fixed to the first extended portion.

This disclosure describes microfabricated intravascular devices that are configured for high axial strength while also maintaining effective bending flexibility. A tube member includes a series of circumferentially extending rings connected to one another by a series of axially extending beams. Transverse cuts separate and define the rings. A series of axial cuts are aligned with the beams and extend from the beams partially into the adjoining rings so that the beam length is nested partially within the axial length of the adjoining rings. This increases the functional length of the beams to provide bending flexibility while still sufficient ring structure to provide effective axial stiffness.

This disclosure describes microfabricated core wires configured for use in an intravascular device such as a guidewire or microcatheter. A microfabricated core wire includes a plurality of disks spaced apart from one another along a length of the distal section and a plurality of longitudinally extending ribbons interposed between the disks, each ribbon extending between and connecting a pair of adjacent disks. Various arrangements of disks and ribbons may be provided to control stiffness across a length of the core wire, particularly at or near the distal tip of the core wire.

The disclosure provides a medical guidewire. The medical guidewire includes an equal-diameter fiber and a variable-diameter sleeve surrounding the equal-diameter fiber. The variable-diameter sleeve includes a shaping section, a supporting section, and a pushing section that are connected in sequence. The shaping section, the supporting section and the pushing section have outer diameters increased sequentially. An asymmetric structure is provided on the variable-diameter sleeve itself or the surround of the variable-diameter sleeve along the equal-diameter fiber. The medical guidewire provided by the disclosure has improved bending performance and operability, so that it is easy to manipulate the medical guidewire to enter blood vessels with a large opening angle. thereby improving the effect of minimally invasive interventional treatment.

The disclosure provides an optical functional guidewire, a detection system and a detection method. The optical functional guidewire includes an optical fiber and a sleeve surrounding the optical fiber. The optical fiber includes a functional section capable of emitting and collecting laser light. The functional section is provided with at least one grating assembly. The sleeve includes a shaping section capable of bending and a supporting section capable of supporting advancement of the functional section. The shaping section is connected to the functional section and is located at an end close to the functional section. The supporting section is located at an end away from the functional section. The optical functional guidewire provided in this disclosure has good bending performance and operability, and thus can be easily manipulated, readily enters a body cavity with a larger opening angle, and achieves self-guidance and flexible detection of the optical functional guidewire in the body cavity, thereby improving the effect of minimally invasive interventional treatment.

Medical devices and systems for treating a stricture along the biliary and/or pancreatic tract are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guidewire for use along the biliary and/or pancreatic tract. The guidewire may include an elongate core member having a proximal end region and a distal end region. A coil member may be disposed along the distal end region. An actuation member may be coupled to the coil member. The actuation member may be configured to shift the coil member between a first configuration and a compressed configuration. The coil member may be configured to be advanced across a biliary and/or pancreatic stricture when in the compressed configuration. A sleeve may be disposed over the coil member.

A micropuncture kit for direct access of a surgically exposed vessel using direct visual guidance includes a micropuncture access needle having a proximal hub coupled to an elongate shaft defining an inner lumen and a visible depth indicator positioned on the elongate shaft a distance away from a distal tip of the elongate shaft. The kit includes an access guidewire sized to be received through the inner lumen of the micropuncture access needle and a microaccess cannula having an elongate body defining an inner lumen and a plurality of visible depth indicators formed on the elongate body. The guidewire includes a distal tip and at least one visible depth indicator positioned on the access guidewire a distance away from the distal tip of the guidewire. Each of the plurality of visible depth indicators identifies a distance from a distal tip of the cannula. Related systems, devices and methods are provided.

A guidewire having a proximal core wire formed from a first metal alloy is connected to a distal core wire formed from a second metal alloy. A tubular member is sized to receive an end of the proximal core wire and an end of the distal core wire in a butting configuration. The tubular member is attached to the proximal core wire and the distal core wire to form a joint connecting the two wires together.