Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include a catheter. The catheter can include an elongate shaft that extends along a longitudinal axis. The elongate shaft can include a shaft proximal end and a shaft distal end. A magnetically permeable shaft strip can be disposed along a particular shaft length of the elongate shaft. The magnetically permeable shaft strip can longitudinally extend along the elongate shaft.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include a catheter. The catheter can include an elongate shaft that extends along a longitudinal axis. The elongate shaft can include a shaft proximal end and a shaft distal end. A magnetically permeable shaft strip can be disposed along a particular shaft length of the elongate shaft. The magnetically permeable shaft strip can longitudinally extend along the elongate shaft.

A medical device and a method and process for at least partially forming a medical device, which medical device has improved physical properties.

A medical device and a method and process for at least partially forming a medical device, which medical device has improved physical properties.

Distal access aspiration guide catheter system and methods for delivering implantable devices, catheters, or substances in or near and/or restoring flow through body lumens, such as blood vessel lumens are described. A Distal access aspiration guide catheter having a proximal, medial, and distal possessing high flexibility, high resistance to kinking and a large lumen to wall thickness ratio.

Distal access aspiration guide catheter system and methods for delivering implantable devices, catheters, or substances in or near and/or restoring flow through body lumens, such as blood vessel lumens are described. A Distal access aspiration guide catheter having a proximal, medial, and distal possessing high flexibility, high resistance to kinking and a large lumen to wall thickness ratio.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include a catheter. The catheter can include an elongate shaft that extends along a longitudinal axis. The elongate shaft can include a shaft proximal end and a shaft distal end. A magnetically permeable shaft strip can be disposed along a particular shaft length of the elongate shaft. The magnetically permeable shaft strip can longitudinally extend along the elongate shaft.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include a catheter. The catheter can include an elongate shaft that extends along a longitudinal axis. The elongate shaft can include a shaft proximal end and a shaft distal end. A magnetically permeable shaft strip can be disposed along a particular shaft length of the elongate shaft. The magnetically permeable shaft strip can longitudinally extend along the elongate shaft.

[Object] To provide a cobalt-chromium alloy member suitable for use in a medical or aerospace device.

[Solving Means] There is provided a cobalt-chromium alloy member, which is obtained by performing heat treatment for 1 minute or more and 60 minutes or less at a temperature exceeding a recrystallization temperature of a cobalt-chromium alloy material and not more than 1100° C. on a cobalt-chromium alloy as-processed material obtained by causing a cobalt-chromium alloy material to be subjected to cold plastic working into a predetermined shape, the cobalt-chromium alloy material having a composition of, in terms of mass %, 23 to 32% of Ni, 37 to 48% of Co, and 8 to 12% of Mo, a remainder thereof containing Cr and an unavoidable impurity, the composition satisfying a relationship of 20≤[Cr %]+[Mo %]+[unavoidable impurity %]≤40, the cobalt-chromium alloy member having a tensile strength of 800 to 1200 MPa, a uniform elongation of 25 to 60%, and a breaking elongation of 30 to 80%.

The present invention relates to a medical device. In particular, the present invention concerns a medical device which can be detected by means of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).