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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd., Nagoya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Masaaki Nihonmatsu, Kasugai, JP;
Yukiko Enami, Seto, JP;
Assignee:
ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/005 (2013.01); A61M 25/0041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter includes a catheter shaft having a body portion and a bend that extends distally from a distal end of the body portion. In the catheter, a braid is embedded in the catheter shaft. The braid has a first wire and a second wire woven together. The first wire has a high tensile strength and the second wire has a low tensile strength that is lower than the high tensile strength of the first wire. When viewed from a proximal end of the catheter shaft, the bend forms an arc that extends in a winding direction of the first wire.