Michelle M Alexander

US Patent:

20120065622, Mar 15, 2012

Filed:

Sep 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/880465

Inventors:

Wayne E. Cornish - Fallbrook CA, US
Travis R. Yribarren - Campbell CA, US
Carl P. Frick - Laramie WY, US
Jessica M. Saenz - Lake Elsinore CA, US
Emmanuel C. Biagtan - Temecula CA, US
Pablito Buan - Temecula CA, US
David H. Burkett - Temecula CA, US
Robert J. Peralta - Murrieta CA, US
Michelle E. Alexander - Murrieta CA, US
Arthur R. Tyre - Murrieta CA, US
John A. Simpson - Carlsbad CA, US

Assignee:

ABBOTT LABORATORIES - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

A61M 25/09
B05D 3/14
B05D 3/10

US Classification:

604528, 427 231

Abstract:

A color coding is applied to medical guide wires by coloring portions of the guide wire to distinguish similar guide wires and guide wire portions from a particular manufacturer. The metallic elongate core can be colored using various methods such as electrochemical processes, sputtering, electroplating, and laser inducing microstructures to alter the surface characteristics of the elongate metallic core. Alternatively, the outer layer of the guide wire can be color coded by using non-standard colors or by introducing a colored band on the guide wire.