| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a catheter having a metal tip chip in which the tip chip can be easily bent and the tip chip is hardly caught by a lesion, or the like.SOLUTION: A catheter 1 includes a catheter shaft 10 (a tube body) consisting of an inner layer 20a, a blade layer 30a (a reinforcement body) that covers the inner layer 20a, and an outer layer 40a that covers the blade layer 30a, and a tubular tip chip 50 made of metal that is provided at the tip of the catheter shaft 10. A slit 52 is formed in the tip chip 50 and an outer coating 60a is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the tip chip 52, the outer coating 60a being caused to enter the inside of the slit 52. Thereby, the tip chip 50 made of metal can be easily bent, and the tip chip 50 is hardly caught by a lesion, or the like. |
