| 摘要 |
<p>The invention pertains to a catheter, preferably an intravascular catheter, comprising a longitudinally pre-oriented tubular substrate and reinforcing means surrounding and in contact with the substrate, the reinforcing means wound over the substrate, and a tubular superstrate surrounding the reinforcing means forcing the reinforcing means against the substrate and maintaining the reinforcing means wound over the substrate, characterized in that the reinforcing means is a micro- tape having a width less than 0.5 mm and comprising a filament layer having a cross sectional aspect ratio (width/height) of 2 to 20, wherein the filaments are fixated by a cured or solidified resin or wax, which constitutes 2 to 40 wt% of the micro-tape.</p> |
