CUFF MEMBER AND CATHETER WITH CUFF MEMBER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cuff member preventing an air hole from being collapsed even though the cuff member is curbed and sufficiently integrated with the surrounding biological tissue, and to provide a catheter with the cuff member having such a cuff member.

SOLUTION: The cuff member is outwardly fitted on the catheter 4 inserted into a peritoneal cavity and comprises a porous material, and is characterized in that grooves 3 formed by cutting from an outer peripheral surface are circumferencially arranged. The catheter 4 has the cuff member 1.

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