Enhanced performance guidewire
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Oct 7, 1997
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Sep 23, 1994
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The present invention represents an improved guidewire for use in medical applications designed to cross lesions/stenoses within body cavities and/or blood vessels. The guidewire is provided with a main elongated section of uniform diameter, a tapered section of reduced diameter distal to said main section, and an elongated spring safety core section distal to said tapered section and having a distal end which comprises a short section of enlarged diameter relative to the diameter of the spring core safety section and which forms a blunted tip at the distal end of the guidewire.
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