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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Satoru Iwamori, Ishikawa, JP;
Hiraku Murayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Satoru Iwamori, Ishikawa, JP;
Hiraku Murayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Termo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 7/00 (2006.01); B32B 15/08 (2006.01); B32B 15/18 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/16 (2006.01); B32B 27/28 (2006.01); B32B 37/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
By coating a base material with a film of a fluoropolymer such as PTFE, the coefficient of friction of the base material is lowered and the slipperiness of the base material is thus improved. Thus, it is intended to provide a medical instrument, for example, a guide wire for introducing a catheter. A medical instrument which has, on at least a part of a base material, a hydrophilic polymer film and a fluoropolymer film located as the upper layer thereof.