| 摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/SE95/01558 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 30, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 30, 1996 PCT Filed Dec. 20, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/19254 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 1996A process for manufacturing a catheter for insertion into a body cavity, for instance a catheter used for insertion into the urethra. The catheter has a tip portion provided with one or several drainage or flushing openings adjacent to the free end which is to be inserted into the body cavity. The outside of the catheter is provided with a coating. The process includes injection-molding a separate tip portion of the catheter. The tip portion includes an inner lumen and the drainage/flushing openings. The inner and outer diameters of the tip correspond to those of a standard tube. An end of a standard tube and an end of the tip portion are formed to conform to each other. These formed ends are then joined in a joining operation. The coating is applied to the standard tube before the joining operation is performed. |
