| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a catheter, soft on the tip side, having a hard tube near a hand operating part, in which a prescribed range near the hand operating part is gradually varied from soft to hard, and with kink-proofing capability, etc. <P>SOLUTION: In the catheter 1, the base end side of the flexible tube 4 is held by a holder member H, and the tube 4 near the holder member H has a coil-shaped reinforcing member 42 inside a tube wall. The base end side of the coil-shaped reinforcing member 42 is covered with a pipe-shaped reinforcing member 43, which is held in the holder member H. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |
