摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical needle capable of reducing the whole length of a bellows member when the bellows member is contracted without impairing durability of the bellows member and capable of preventing or controlling effects on the skin of a patient: and a method for manufacturing the bellows member. <P>SOLUTION: The medical needle 10 includes the bellows member 16 to be elongated as a protector 20 is moved toward the distal end relative to a needle body 12. The bellows member 16 includes first shaped parts 42 constituting one side of a bellows part 36 of the bellows member and formed with a relatively large fold width, and second shaped parts 44 constituting the other end side of the bellows part 36 and formed with a relatively small fold width. The bellows member 16 is disposed with the first shaped parts 42 placed on the upper side and the second shaped parts 44 placed on the lower side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |