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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masahiro Ishida, Hadano, JP;
Shinya Kusunoki, Hakui, JP;
Assignee:
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61M 25/0141 (2013.01); A61M 25/0693 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter assembly includes: a catheter; and an inner needle inserted through the catheter. The catheter includes: a catheter body; and a flexible portion that is located at a distal portion of the catheter body and forms a most distal portion of the catheter. An elastic modulus of the catheter body is greater than an elastic modulus of the flexible portion. The catheter has a mixed region in which the catheter body and the flexible portion overlap each other in a radial direction.