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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2006
Applicants:

Tomohiro Kobayashi, Wako, JP;

Yoshiaki Suzuki, Wako, JP;

Tomonori Miyazato, Wako, JP;

Hiroshi Ujiie, Wako, JP;

Inventors:

Tomohiro Kobayashi, Wako, JP;

Yoshiaki Suzuki, Wako, JP;

Tomonori Miyazato, Wako, JP;

Hiroshi Ujiie, Wako, JP;

Assignee:

Riken, Saitama, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61L 29/14 (2006.01); A61L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61L 29/14 (2013.01); A61L 29/06 (2013.01); A61L 2400/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a catheter, whereby a tunnel infection route is closed such that infection can be prevented, by improving adhesiveness between a medical catheter and a biologically-derived adhesive (fibrin adhesive), cells, or biological tissue. The present invention provides a medical catheter which is composed of material selected from the group consisting of silicone, polyurethane, polypropylene and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), at least a portion of the surface of which is modified by plasma ion implantation.


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