摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tubular body for medical use of a large inner and outer diameter ratio, which has high collapse strength and excellent flexibility, is not easily crushed and is especially suitably usable as a guiding catheter with excellent operability. <P>SOLUTION: In the tubular body for the medical use having a synthetic resin protective layer on the outer side of a tubular metal wire reinforcing body and a fluororesin lubricating layer on the inner side, an outer diameter is 0.5 to 3 mm, the ratio of an inner diameter to the outer diameter is 0.855 to 0.900, and the thickness of the fluororesin lubricating layer is 0.1 to 15 μm. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |