PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a guide wire capable of easily bending a distal portion in a desired direction, having high blood vessel selectivity, and securing flexibility suited to insertion into a bent blood vessel.SOLUTION: A guide wire 1 includes: a long wire body 10 a tubular coil 2 in which a distal end of the wire body 10 is inserted and that is composed of a plurality of annular parts provided along the longitudinal direction of the wire body 10 and a string body 3 eccentrically provided in the circumferential direction of the coil 2 and connecting adjacent strands 21 in such a manner as to freely come close to/separate from each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】先端部分を所望の方向に屈曲することが容易で血管選択性に優れ、かつ、屈曲した血管への挿入に適した柔軟性を確保することができるガイドワイヤを提供すること。【解決手段】ガイドワイヤ1は、長尺状をなすワイヤ本体10と、ワイヤ本体10の先端部が挿通し、ワイヤ本体10の長手方向に沿って設けられた複数の円環部で構成された管状のコイル2と、コイル2の周方向において偏在して設けられ、隣り合う素線21同士を接近・離間可能に連結する紐体3とを備える。【選択図】図1
