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Title:
HIGH TENACITY TUBE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005034513
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a lightweight small diameter tube having high tenacity and high precision appropriate for tubes for various precision instruments, such as a tube for inserting minute amount of liquid, a treatment instrument inserting a channel for an endoscope, a guide tube for an endoscope or a catheter, or the like.

This high tenacity tube comprises a tube A having an outer diameter of 0.3-10 mm and a wall thickness of 0.01-3 mm reinforced by high tenacity fibers B around its outer periphery. The high tenacity fiber is a composite fiber comprising a core component of a meltable liquid crystal polymer and a sheath component of a flexible polymer, and has a fiber diameter of 5-100 μm, a fiber strength of 8 cN/dtex or more and an elasticity of 250 cN/dtex or more.


Inventors:
NAKAGAWA JUNYO
Application Number:
JP2003276413A
Publication Date:
February 10, 2005
Filing Date:
July 18, 2003
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Assignee:
KURARAY CO
International Classes:
A61B1/00; A61L29/00; A61L31/00; A61M25/00; B32B1/08; B32B5/02; D01F8/14; (IPC1-7): A61L29/00; A61B1/00; A61L31/00; A61M25/00; B32B1/08; B32B5/02



 
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