| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical tube which has a curving or bending function at the top and to which such functions as pushing, tracking, flexibility at the top, torque transmission, kink-proof, etc., can be added. SOLUTION: This medical tube 1 has an inner lumen, an inner layer made of soft synthetic resin, and an outer layer covering the inner layer which is made of a material harder than the material of the inner layer. The medical tube 1 has also a groove 9 at the top extending toward the lumen from the outer surface of the outer layer with the depth not to reach the lumen, and an operation wire 8 one end of which is fixed at the top 6. The medical tube 1 has a function for curving or bending its top 6 by drawing the operation wire 8 on the base end side. |
