Patent ID: 6579260
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A61L,A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
A medical tube equipped with a balloon comprising:a shaft tube for being inserted into a living body, the shaft having a tip possessing a periphery; a cylindrical balloon connected in a liquid-tight manner to the shaft tube at the periphery of the tip of the shaft tube, the balloon having an interior; a first lumen which is formed within the shaft tube and which communicates with the interior of the balloon; and at least one second lumen which is formed within the shaft tube and which is opened at the tip of the shaft tube; wherein the cylindrical balloon comprises at least one low stretchable section formed on a circumferential region on the balloon by a partial cross-linking treatment and arranged such that upon introducing pressurized fluid into the cylindrical balloon, the cylindrical balloon bends toward a side of the low stretchable section of the cylindrical balloon.