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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2010
Yosuke Uehara, Okayama, JP;
Nobuhiro Moriguchi, Okayama, JP;
Shigenao Kuwahara, Ibaraki, JP;
Hidetaka Oonuma, Ibaraki, JP;
Yosuke Uehara, Okayama, JP;
Nobuhiro Moriguchi, Okayama, JP;
Shigenao Kuwahara, Ibaraki, JP;
Hidetaka Oonuma, Ibaraki, JP;
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kurashiki-shi, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a tube which has good transparency, flexibility, and solvent adhesion, and also has excellent clamp resistance, anti-conglutination property, and kink resistance, and a medical device using the tube. Specifically provided are a tube produced by forming a resin composition into a tube shape, which contains a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer (a) and a polypropylene-based resin (b) and does not contain a softening agent, in which: the elastomer (a) is a product prepared by hydrogenating a block copolymer including at least a polymer block (A) formed of an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block (B) formed of isoprene and/or 1,3-butadiene; the content of the polymer block (A) is 5 to 40 mass % before hydrogenation, the polymer block (B) has a hydrogenation ratio of 70% or more, and the polymer block (B) includes a 1,2-bond and a 3,4-bond at a content of 30 to 85 mol %; the mass ratio of the styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer (a) to the polypropylene-based resin (b) [(a)/(b)] is 90/10 to 40/60; and the tube has a ratio of a diffraction peak intensity [I(14)] at a scattering angle of 14° to a diffraction peak intensity [I(15)] at a scattering angle of 15° [I(14)/I(15)] of 1.4 or more in X-ray diffraction, and a medical device including the tube.