US Patent Issued to ASAHI INTECC on Aug. 11 for "Guide wire" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,800, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ASAHI INTECC Co. LTD. (Seto, Japan).

"Guide wire" was invented by Keisuke Ushida (Seto, Japan) and Kenji Yoshida (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide wire includes a first core shaft, a second core shaft, and a covering portion. The second core shaft is made of a material more susceptible to plastic deformation than a material of the first core shaft, and has a proximal end side joined to a distal end side of the first core shaft. The covering portion covers (i) a joint part between the first and second core shafts, and (ii) at least a part of the second core shaft on a distal en...