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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2009
Junichi Kobayashi, Fujinomiya, JP;
Yasushi Kinoshita, Fujinomiya, JP;
Tadashi Kousai, Glasgow, GB;
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical instrument to be inserted into a living body before being used. The medical instrument is provided with a medical instrument main body including a long linear body having flexibility on which a coating layer covering at least the outer periphery on the distal side thereof is formed. The coating layer composes of a first layer which includes a material containing a low-friction resin material capable of lowering friction and a binder resin material serving as a binder; a second layer which is formed on the first layer and includes a material containing a low-friction resin material and a pigment and in which the content of a binder resin material is lower than the binder resin material content of the first layer or nil; and a third layer which is formed on the second layer and includes a material containing a low-friction resin material.