Raymond A. Byrnes,Christopher M. Byrnes,Frank E. Barrett
申请号:
US16452255
公开号:
US20190307984A1
申请日:
2019.06.25
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要:
A medical tube having improved lubricity is disclosed. The medical tube is produced by extruding a polymer material blended with a lubricity enhancing additive through a resilient die. The polymer material can be medical-grade high-density polyethylene, and the lubricity enhancing additive can be a silicone-based or alloy-based material. The medical tube can include one or more internal elongated protuberances so as to reduce the internal surface area of the medical tube available to generate friction on a guide wire inserted or withdrawn through the medical tube.