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US 2007/0178131 A1Published application
Medical device for insertion into human body, and method of manufacture
AssigneeI.S.T. Corporation
InventorsHiroshi Yamada, Chisaka Aoyama, Kae Fujiwara, Kenji Hioki
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Abstract
A medical device for insertion into the human body has improved sliding characteristics compared to similar devices with fluororesin surfaces. The medical device for insertion into the human body includes a substrate having given shape, and an agent for improving the sliding characteristics having a hydrophilic block and a hydrophobic block, and coating the hydrophobic surface.
Claims17
A medical device for insertion into the human body, comprising:
- a substrate having a pre-determined shape and a hydrophobic surface on at least one portion, and
- an agent for improving the sliding characteristics having a hydrophilic block and a hydrophobic block, and coating said hydrophobic surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.