IP Library Granted Patent US 11,655,587
Granted Patent B2
US 11,655,587 · App. 17/559,576 · Granted May 23, 2023

Medical hollow tube

Inventors: Seiichi Kashimura (Tokyo, JP); Masamichi Kishi (Tokyo, JP); Takanobu Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Kimika Kudo (Tokyo, JP); Masashi Arai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,655,587
App. No.
17/559,576
Granted
May 23, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cable includes a sheath, and a coating film covering a circumference of the sheath. The coating film adheres to the sheath. The static friction coefficient of a surface of the coating film is smaller than the static friction coefficient of a surface of the sheath. The adhesion strength between the sheath and the coating film is 0.30 MPa or more.

Claims (13)

1. A hollow tube for medical use, comprising:

a hollow tube body; and

a coating film covering at least one of an inner surface and an outer surface of the hollow tube body, the coating film adhering to the hollow tube body,

wherein a static friction coefficient of the surface of the coating film is 0.5 or less,

wherein an adhesion strength between the hollow tube body and the coating film is 0.30 MPa or more,

wherein a parent material of the coating film is silicone rubber and is produced by curing an addition reaction type coating agent.

2. The hollow tube according to claim 1 , wherein the coating film comprises fine particles dispersed in the parent material.

3. The hollow tube according to claim 2 , wherein the fine particles include any one or a plurality of silicone resin fine particles, silicone rubber fine particles, or silica fine particles.

4. The hollow tube according to claim 2 , wherein the fine particles have a higher hardness than that of the parent material.

5. The hollow tube according to claim 3 , wherein the fine particles comprise an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more and 10 μm or less.

6. The hollow tube according to claim 1 , wherein the coating film comprises a thickness of 3 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

7. The hollow tube according to claim 1 , wherein the hollow tube is made of silicone rubber.

8. The hollow tube according to claim 1 , wherein a roughness of an uneven shape of the surface of the coating film is higher than a roughness of an uneven shape of the surface of the hollow tube.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 21, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062819/0890 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2021
From: KASHIMURA, SEIICHI; KISHI, MASAMICHI; WATANABE, TAKANOBU; KUDO, KIMIKA; ARAI, MASASHI
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058463/0345 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP JP2018-095112 · May 17, 2018 · national
JP JP2018-162773 · Aug 31, 2018 · national
JP JP2019-082944 · Apr 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16411709 · May 14, 2019
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