PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an angioplasty catheter with a novel structure including an element member such as a scoring element, for expansion treatment of an angiostenosis part, having excellent delivery property in a blood vessel, and easily accommodating to a falling problem of the element member.SOLUTION: An angioplasty catheter 10 includes a tip member 16 disposed at a proximal end of a catheter body 14 apart therefrom in the axial direction, and one ends in the length direction of a deformable linear element member 12 are fixed and connected to the catheter body 14 and the tip member 16 respectively.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】スコアリングエレメント等の血管狭窄部の拡張治療用のエレメント部材を備えつつ、血管内でのデリバリ性に優れ、且つ、エレメント部材の脱落の問題にも容易に対応することが可能とされた、新規な構造の血管形成カテーテルを提供する。【解決手段】血管形成カテーテル10において、カテーテル本体14の遠位端側で軸方向に離隔して先端部材16が配されていると共に、変形可能な線状のエレメント部材12の長さ方向の各一方の端部が該カテーテル本体14と該先端部材16とにそれぞれ固定されて連結されている。【選択図】図2
