Patent ID: 9561349
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61L,A61M

Claim:
1. A catheter comprising: an elongate member configured to have a longitudinal axis, the elongate member being formed of a thermoplastic resin; an elongate guide wire holder section configured to include a cavity into which a guide wire is insertable at an interior of the elongate member; a cross-linked section configured to have a high cross-linked section and a low cross-linked section which is adjacent to the high cross-linked section in a radial direction of the elongate member and in which a cross-linking degree is lower than a cross-linking degree of the high cross-linked section, the cross-linked section being configured to extend from a distal end to a proximal end of the guide wire holder; and an opening section configured to communicate with the cavity of the guide wire holder and an outer circumferential surface of the guide wire holder in the low cross-linked section of the cross-linked section, the opening section being formed in a slit shape along the longitudinal axis of the guide wire holder.