MEDICAL GUIDE WIRE, MEDICAL GADGET, AND MEDICAL GADGET PRODUCING METHOD

摘要

A medical guide wire comprising a core wire having a main core portion and a tip core portion having a mean outer diameter smaller than the mean outer diameter of the main core portion and usually made of metal, and a tip-side super-elastic coating layer covering at least a portion of the outer periphery of the tip core portion and made of super-elastic metal. The thickness of the super-elastic coating layer is 50 µm or less, and the coating layer is formed by sputtering.