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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2022
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Okuhara, Fujinomiya, JP;
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure can improve durability (particularly, sliding durability) of a surface lubricating layer while maintaining flexibility of a medical instrument. The medical instrument can include: a base whose surface is partially made of a polyester resin; an intermediate layer formed on at least a part of the surface of the base and containing a (meth)acrylic-modified polyester resin and a polyurethane resin; and a surface lubricating layer formed on an upper part of the intermediate layer and containing a block copolymer having a structural unit (A) derived from a hydrophobic monomer and a structural unit (B) derived from a hydrophilic monomer, in which at least one of the hydrophobic monomer and the hydrophilic monomer has a (meth)acryloyl group.
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