| 摘要 |
<p>A catheter provided with a torque transmission portion having rigidity sufficient enough to transmit a torque and a flexible portion made of a material having a glass transition point that provides rigidity before insertion but flexibility after insertion. The torque transmission portion can transmit torque before, during and after the insertion. The flexible portion has suitable rigidity before and during the insertion and can be inserted easily but, after being inserted, its flexibility is increased by a body temperature and hardly damages the inner wall of an inserted tube. Furthermore, the torque transmission portion may have a reinforcing structure formed by winding or knitting linear metallic wires (particularly, flat rectangular lines) in a coil form in order to transmit torque. The catheter having various functions and structures can be produced easily by injecting molding or the like.</p> |
