ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,227, issued on March 31, was assigned to ASAHI INTECC Co. LTD. (Seto, Japan).
"Guide wires" was invented by Keisuke Ushida (Seto, Japan) and Naozumi Iwata (Seto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide wire in which a distal end portion of the guide wire can be easily bent in a specific plane direction in shaping, is provided. A guide wire includes a core shaft having a maximum diameter in a cross section orthogonal to an axial direction of the core shaft and an orthogonal diameter in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the maximum diameter, the core shaft includes a first specific portion located on a distal end side of t...