PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical catheter with which catheter operability and thrombus crushing performance are made compatible in a thrombus suction therapy.SOLUTION: The medical catheter comprises a laminated tubular body having a lubricating layer, a reinforcing layer including a metal wire and/or a resin wire and an outer layer, and has a distal end part 2 and a proximal end part 1, and the distal end part 2 is more flexible than the proximal end part 1. At least three bend parts 6, 7 and 8 are provided in the distal end part 2, and the part from the bend part 6 (first bend part) on the most distal end side to a distal end opening is formed roughly in parallel with the axial direction of the proximal end part.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、血栓吸引療法において、カテーテル操作性ならびに血栓破砕性能を両立させた医療用カテーテルを提供する。【解決手段】潤滑層と、金属素線および/または樹脂素線を含む補強層と、外層を有する積層管状体からなり、先端部2と基端部1を有し、先端部2が基端部1より柔軟な医療用カテーテルであって、該先端部2中に、少なくとも3つの屈曲部6,7,8を有すると共に、最も先端側の屈曲部6(第1屈曲部)から先端開口部までの間が基端部の軸線方向に対して略並行に形成されている。【選択図】図1
