Raymond A. Byrnes,Christopher M. Byrnes,Frank E. Barrett
申请号：
US13722704
公开号：
US09744332B2
申请日:
2012.12.20
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
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as to reduce the internal surface area of the medical tube available to generate friction on a guide wire inserted or withdrawn through the medical tube.
