A method of manufacturing a cannula for an intravascular blood pump for percutaneous insertion into a patient's blood vessel, the cannula having an elongate tubular body with a blood flow inlet and a blood flow outlet, the method comprising the steps of: - forming a first axial section of the elongate tubular body by dispensing a first liquid material onto a mandrel by means of at least one dispenser , while the mandrel and the dispenser move relative to each other in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the mandrel , - forming a second axial section of the elongate tubular body by dispensing a second liquid material onto the mandrel by means of the at least one dispenser , while the mandrel and the dispenser move relative to each other in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the mandrel , wherein the first and second axial sections are formed so as to have different bending stiffnesses, and wherein the first and second liquid materials are dispensed onto the mandrel such that the first and second liquid materials blend into each other to form a transition area , wherein the first and second liquid materials are dispensed onto the mandrel to form a first wall thickness of the first axial section and a second wall thickness of the second axial section , respectively, wherein the first wall thickness, when dried, is different from the second wall thickness, when dried, and the different bending stiffnesses result from the different wall thicknesses. - forming a first axial section of the elongate tubular body by dispensing a first liquid material onto a mandrel by means of at least one dispenser , while the mandrel and the dispenser move relative to each other in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the mandrel , - forming a second axial section of the elongate tubular body by dispensing a second liquid material onto the mandrel by means of the at least one dispenser , while the mandrel and the dispenser move relative to each other in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the mandrel , wherein the first and second axial sections are formed so as to have different bending stiffnesses, and wherein the first and second liquid materials are dispensed onto the mandrel such that the first and second liquid materials blend into each other to form a transition area , wherein the first and second liquid materials are dispensed onto the mandrel to form a first wall thickness of the first axial section and a second wall thickness of the second axial section , respectively, wherein the first wall thickness, when dried, is different from the second wall thickness, when dried, and the different bending stiffnesses result from the different wall thicknesses. wherein the first and second axial sections are formed so as to have different bending stiffnesses, and wherein the first and second liquid materials are dispensed onto the mandrel such that the first and second liquid materials blend into each other to form a transition area , wherein the first and second liquid materials are dispensed onto the mandrel to form a first wall thickness of the first axial section and a second wall thickness of the second axial section , respectively, wherein the first wall thickness, when dried, is different from the second wall thickness, when dried, and the different bending stiffnesses result from the different wall thicknesses. <EOS>