CN111298268A

CN111298268A - Microcatheter system

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Publication number: CN111298268A
Application number: CN202010105637.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱晓瑛
Original assignee: Suzhou Hengruidisheng Medical Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Hengruidisheng Medical Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-02-20
Filing date: 2020-02-20
Publication date: 2020-06-19
Anticipated expiration: 2040-02-20
Also published as: CN112755363B; CN111298268B; CN112755363A

Abstract

When the micro catheter system is used, a guide wire can penetrate into the inner cavity of the catheter, the guide wire is withdrawn out of the body after the auxiliary catheter enters a target position in a blood vessel, the catheter is used as a channel for conveying embolic materials, medicines or contrast agents and is left in the cavity of the blood vessel, a luer joint at the near end of the micro catheter is connected with an injector, the embolic materials, the medicines or the contrast agents are injected into the target blood vessel through the catheter, the diagnosis or treatment effect is achieved, and the micro catheter system has good pushing performance, flexibility and high pressure resistance.

Description

Microcatheter system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of medical instruments, in particular to a micro catheter system and a testing method, a cleaning method and a preparation process thereof.

Background

The micro-catheter is widely applied to complex lesions such as completely occluded or completely occluded lesions, bifurcation lesions, serious calcification lesions, serious distortion lesions and the like in coronary intervention treatment. The microcatheter can reduce the complexity of the above lesion interventional operation, improve the success rate, and simultaneously become an important instrument for interventional operation by reducing the use amount of contrast agent and the risk of vascular rupture during interventional treatment and reducing the risk of patients in complicated interventional treatment.

The micro-catheter is a micro-catheter with a very thin outer diameter, has excellent capability of passing through collateral circulation vessels and blocking lesions, is a preferred micro-catheter for ideal forward or reverse CTO intervention, and particularly, the micro-catheter is easier to pass through a reverse micro-channel during reverse intervention.

However, the existing microcatheter still has some defects, when a retrograde guide wire is inserted, because the tortuous angle of the retrograde partial microcatheter is serious, particularly the epicardial channel is more tortuous, the passing capacity is limited, and some microcatheters adopt a structure of a full spiral spring, but because the outer diameter of the microcatheter is larger and the structure of the full metal braided rod has poor penetrability and flexibility, the microcatheter which can keep good pushing performance, good flexibility and passing performance and good shape keeping capacity at the head end is urgently needed.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the disadvantages in the related art, examples of the present invention are provided to substantially solve one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art, to substantially improve safety and reliability, and to effectively protect equipment.

According to the technical scheme provided by the invention, the invention discloses a micro-catheter system which comprises a micro-catheter, wherein the micro-catheter comprises a catheter seat, a diffusion stress tube is arranged on the catheter seat, a catheter body penetrates through the diffusion stress tube and is connected with the catheter seat through a connecting piece, the catheter body comprises a catheter body woven section, a catheter body non-woven section and a catheter body tip, the micro-catheter system further comprises a straightening tube, the straightening tube is sleeved at the far end of the catheter body, the straightening tube is not fixedly adhered with the catheter body and can move freely, when the micro-catheter system is used, the straightening tube is moved to the tip of the catheter body, the tip of the catheter body is straightened, and after the tip of the catheter body enters a lumen, the straightening tube is torn so that the straightening tube is peeled off from the catheter body.

Further, the material of the catheter seat is polyethylene glycol terephthalate-1, 4-cyclohexane dimethanol ester; the material of the diffusion stress pipe comprises linear low-density polyethylene added with titanium dioxide, wherein the proportion of the titanium dioxide is 5 wt%; the material of the tip of the tube body comprises block polyether amide resin added with polyurethane, wherein the proportion of the polyurethane is 5 +/-3 wt%; the rest 95 plus or minus 3 wt% of the raw material is added with 40 plus or minus 3 wt% of barium sulfate and 10 wt% of pigment.

Further, the tube body weaving section comprises an inner layer, an intermediate layer and an outer layer, wherein the inner layer and the outer layer of the tube body weaving section are made of block polyether amide resin added with barium sulfate and pigment, the proportion of the barium sulfate is 40 +/-5 wt%, and the proportion of the pigment is 5 wt%; the material of the middle layer of the tube body weaving section is 304 stainless steel.

Further, the non-woven section of the tube body comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, wherein the inner layer of the non-woven section of the tube body is made of block polyether amide resin, the inner layer and the outer layer of the non-woven section of the tube body are made of block polyether amide resin added with barium sulfate and pigment, the proportion of the barium sulfate is 40 +/-5%, and the proportion of the pigment is 5 wt%.

Furthermore, the material of the straight guide tube is polytetrafluoroethylene added with bismuth trioxide, wherein the proportion of the bismuth trioxide is 8 wt%.

Furthermore, the micro-catheter system also comprises a contrast guide wire, a flusher, a plastic needle, a stylet and a twist control device.

Furthermore, the connection strength between the catheter holder and the catheter body is more than or equal to 10N, after the proximal end of the catheter body rotates 360 degrees, the rotation angle of the distal end of the catheter body is not less than 250 degrees, and the pushing force and the returning force of the micro-catheter system are more than or equal to 2.5N, so that the invention also discloses a micro-catheter testing method, which comprises the following steps: a. the method comprises the following steps of testing the connection strength of a catheter seat and a catheter tube body, b, testing the rotation angle of the far end of the catheter tube body, and c, testing the pushing force and the returning force of the micro catheter.

Furthermore, the micro catheter system is placed in a packaging assembly, the packaging assembly comprises a clamping plate, an inner packaging bag and a protective shell, wherein the inner packaging bag comprises a dialysis bag, and at least one layer of film is arranged outside the dialysis bag; the catheter seat of the micro catheter system is arranged in the protective shell, and the rest part of the micro catheter system is fixed on the clamping plate; and (5) putting the assembled clamping plate and the protective shell into a dialysis bag and sealing the bag.

Further, the catheter hub is a hub with an internal conical locking nipple and the tip of the shaft can be machined to different shapes.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: when the micro catheter system is used, the guide wire can penetrate into the inner cavity of the micro catheter, the guide wire is withdrawn out of the body after the auxiliary catheter enters a target position in a blood vessel, the catheter is used as a channel for conveying embolic materials, medicines or contrast agents and left in the blood vessel cavity, the luer joint at the near end of the micro catheter is connected with the injector, the embolic materials, the medicines or the contrast agents are injected into a target blood vessel through the catheter, the diagnosis or treatment effect is achieved, and the micro catheter system has good pushing performance, flexibility and high pressure resistance.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of the microcatheter of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be further described with reference to the following specific examples.

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Interventional therapy is a general term for a series of techniques for minimally invasive treatment by introducing a specific instrument into a lesion site of a human body through a natural duct or a tiny wound of the human body by using a puncture needle, a catheter and other interventional devices under guidance and monitoring of imaging equipment such as a digital subtraction angiography, CT. ultrasound and magnetic resonance.

The contrast catheter is a necessary instrument for interventional therapy, is a long polymer catheter, mainly has the functions of providing a channel in the angiography process so that contrast agent can be smoothly introduced into blood vessels, generating the contrast effect, displaying the range, the position and the degree of pathological changes, and then can be used as a therapeutic medicament and an interventional instrument to enter the blood vessels.

Interventional patients generally need to undergo two angiograms, the first angiogram is performed before interventional procedures, diagnosis is made clearly through angiographic examination, and basis is provided for subsequent diagnosis and treatment. The second time is that in the interventional therapy operation, the angiography is firstly carried out through the angiography catheter, and then the interventional therapy operation is carried out. Thus, on average, at least two contrast catheters are required for a single patient over the course of the disease.

Examples

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the micro catheter system includes a micro catheter, the micro catheter includes a catheter base 1, a diffusion stress tube 2 is disposed on the catheter base 1, a catheter shaft passes through the diffusion stress tube 2 and is connected with the catheter base 1 through a connecting member, and the catheter shaft includes a shaft woven section 4, a shaft non-woven section 5 and a shaft tip 6.

The micro-catheter system also comprises a straight guide tube 3, the straight guide tube 3 is sleeved at the near end of the catheter tube body, the straight guide tube 3 is not fixedly bonded with the catheter tube body and can move freely, during use, the straight guide tube 3 is moved to the tip 6 of the catheter tube body, the tip 6 of the catheter tube body is guided straight, and after the tip 6 of the catheter tube body enters the lumen (an intravascular path), the straight guide tube 3 is torn, so that the straight guide tube 3 is peeled off from the catheter tube body.

The microcatheter of the present application can have three sizes of 4F, 5F and 6F depending on the outer diameter of the microcatheter, and the size requirement for the microcatheter is very high, thereby ensuring that the dimensional deviation of the microcatheter is within a valid range, and the dimension of the microcatheter can be measured by the following method: measuring the outer diameter size by using a laser diameter measuring instrument, rotating the measured point by 360 degrees during outer diameter measurement, and recording an average value; measuring the inner diameter size by using a measuring rod; the effective length was measured with a ruler.

In order to adapt to different blood vessel anatomical structures, the tip 6 of the tube body can be processed into different shapes, the shape of the tip needs to be within the range of a contrast card, and in particular, the shape of the tip is verified by the following method: the contrast card is horizontally placed, the tube body of the tested catheter is overlapped with the tube body on the contrast card, and under normal vision or corrected vision, the sight line perpendicular to the contrast card is located at a distance of about 30cm from the product, so that whether the deviation of the head end of the sample is within an acceptance range is observed.

The microcatheter of this embodiment is useful for delivery of contrast media and/or drugs to preselected sites in the vascular system and may also be used for guiding a guidewire or catheter to a target site, with the outer surface of the effective length of the catheter being clean and free of contaminants and the outer surface of the effective length of the catheter, including the tip, being free of machining and surface defects.

Specifically, the catheter seat 1 is made of polyethylene glycol terephthalate-1, 4-cyclohexanedimethanol; the material of the diffusion stress pipe 2 comprises linear low-density polyethylene added with titanium dioxide, wherein the proportion of the titanium dioxide is 5 wt%; the material of the tube body tip 6 comprises block polyether amide resin added with polyurethane, wherein the proportion of the polyurethane is 5 +/-3 wt%; 40 plus or minus 3 wt% of barium sulfate and 10 wt% of pigment are added in the residual 95 plus or minus 3 wt% of raw material; the tube body weaving section 4 comprises an inner layer, a middle layer and an outer layer, wherein the inner layer and the outer layer of the tube body weaving section 4 are made of block polyether amide resin added with barium sulfate and pigment, the proportion of the barium sulfate is 40 +/-5 wt%, and the proportion of the pigment is 5 wt%; the middle layer of the tube body weaving section 4 is made of 304 stainless steel; the tube body non-woven section 5 comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, wherein the inner layer of the tube body non-woven section 5 is made of block polyether amide resin, the inner layer and the outer layer of the tube body non-woven section 5 are made of block polyether amide resin added with barium sulfate and pigment, the proportion of the barium sulfate is 40 +/-5%, and the proportion of the pigment is 5 wt%; the material of the straight guide tube 3 is polytetrafluoroethylene added with bismuth trioxide, wherein the proportion of the bismuth trioxide is 8 wt%.

Regarding the difference in manufacturing materials, the inner and outer layer materials of the inventive tube body segment are block polyetheramide resin (polyamide) without polyurethane, and the catheter tip is a mixture of block polyetheramide resin (polyamide) and polyurethane, compared to the product of unmixed block polyetheramide resin (polyamide) with polyurethane alone. The difference of the manufacturing materials is proved to have no influence on the safety and the effectiveness of the product through in vitro performance comparison test and biocompatibility evaluation, and the material cost is greatly reduced.

The catheter hub 1 of this embodiment is a hub with an internal conical locking nipple.

Further, the connection strength between the catheter holder 1 and the catheter tube is greater than or equal to 10N, wherein the connection strength is tested in the following way: selecting a tested conduit test section, wherein the test section comprises a joint of a conduit seat 1 and a conduit body of the conduit, placing the test section in air or purified water with the temperature of 37 +/-2 ℃ and the relative humidity of 100% for 2 hours, fixing two ends of the test section on a tensile tester through a clamp, and stretching at the speed of 400mm/min until the test section is separated into two sections, and the tensile force during separation is the connection strength.

Further, the microcatheter has good torque transmissibility, specifically, after the proximal end of the catheter shaft rotates 360 degrees, the rotation angle of the distal end of the catheter shaft is not less than 250 degrees, wherein the rotation angle of the distal end of the catheter shaft is tested by the following method: putting the bending mould into a thermostatic water bath at 37 +/-2 ℃, penetrating the catheter body into the bending mould, extending the far end out of the bending mould by 1.5-2.0cm, rotating the near end of the catheter body by 360 degrees, and recording the rotation angle of the far end of the catheter body.

Further, the micro-catheter has good pushing and returning performances, specifically, the pushing force and the returning force of the micro-catheter are greater than or equal to 2.5N, and specifically, the pushing force and the returning force are tested in the following way: locking the near end of the microcatheter on a clamp of a push-pull force meter, extending the far end into a bending model, starting a push button, pushing the microcatheter to move for 10cm in the bending model, testing for 5 times by using the push-pull force meter, recording peak values during pushing and withdrawing, and calculating mean value data.

The micro-catheter system of the embodiment further comprises a catheter sheath, a contrast guide wire, a Y-shaped connector and an injector, wherein the catheter sheath is used for blood vessel puncture and establishing a percutaneous puncture blood vessel channel; the radiography guide wire is used for assisting the general micro catheter to enter a target blood vessel, and the micro catheter is withdrawn after reaching a target position; the Y-shaped connector is connected with the proximal end connecting piece of the micro catheter, prevents blood from overflowing and is used as a channel for instruments, contrast agents and medicines to enter the micro catheter; the syringe is connected to the microcatheter by a luer fitting for injection of diagnostic, embolic or therapeutic substances.

The micro catheter system is mainly used for interventional operation, and if insoluble particles are remained on the raw material of the micro catheter system, the micro catheter system can cause damage to the human body once being carried into the human body. In addition, the initial contaminant level also has a direct effect on the sterilization effect, and thus validation of the effectiveness of the cleaning process is required.

The micro-catheter system of the present embodiment is used in the vascular intervention as follows:

before use, the microcatheter is treated with heparinized saline, the microcatheter is guided by a contrast guide wire and a guide sheath, the guide wire is withdrawn after the tail end of the microcatheter reaches a target blood vessel, and contrast or infusion of a therapeutic substance is carried out with the aid of Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA). After the radiography is finished, the radiography guide wire is inserted into the radiography guide pipe until a small amount of the radiography guide wire extends out of the distal end of the guide pipe, then the radiography guide pipe and the radiography guide wire are carefully and slowly pulled out, the radiography guide pipe is used for conveying contrast media and/or medicines to a preselected part of a vascular system, and can also be used for guiding the guide wire or the guide pipe to a target part, and the radiography guide pipe has good pushing performance, flexibility and high pressure resistance.

Specifically, the cleaning of the micro-catheter system comprises the following steps:

1) cleaning a catheter body, flatly placing the catheter body on an operation table, lightly pressing the catheter body with a hand, and blowing the interior of the tube at a position 15-20 cm away from a main body of the catheter body by a compressed air gun for 15 s; after the interior of the catheter body is blown, flatly placing the catheter body on an operation table, slightly pressing the catheter body with a hand, and blowing the whole surface of the outer surface of the catheter body at a position 15-20 cm away from the catheter body by a compressed air gun for 15 s;

2) respectively cleaning a diffusion stress tube, a straight guide tube, a torsion control device and a connecting piece, respectively putting the diffusion stress tube, the straight guide tube, the torsion control device and the connecting piece into ultrasonic cleaning equipment, and ultrasonically cleaning the diffusion stress tube, the straight guide tube, the torsion control device and the connecting piece by using injection water for 10min, after the ultrasonic cleaning is finished, blowing the surface and the inner cavity at a distance of 15-20 cm by using a compressed air gun for 15s, after the blowing is finished, putting the diffusion stress tube, the straight guide tube, the torsion control device and the connecting piece into an oven, setting the temperature of the oven to be;

3) cleaning the contrast guide wire, flatly placing the contrast guide wire on an operation table, lightly pressing the guide wire with a hand, and blowing the outer surface of the contrast guide wire at a position 15-20 cm away from a main body of the guide wire by a compressed air gun for 15 s;

4) cleaning the stylet, the flusher and the dialysis bag, placing the stylet, the flusher and the dialysis bag on an operation table, slightly pressing by hands, and blowing the inner surface and the outer surface of a compressed air gun at a distance of 15-20 cm for 15 s;

5) cleaning the plastic needle, placing the plastic needle in an ultrasonic cleaning device, ultrasonically cleaning with 75% alcohol for 5min, and ultrasonically cleaning the plastic needle cleaned with alcohol with water for injection for 10 min. And after the ultrasonic treatment is finished, performing surface blowing at a position 15-20 cm away from the molding needle by using a compressed air gun for 15s, putting the molding needle into an oven after the blowing is finished, setting the temperature of the oven to be 60 ℃, and drying for 4 h.

The micro catheter system is placed in a packaging assembly, the packaging assembly comprises a clamping plate, an inner packaging bag and a protective shell, wherein the inner packaging bag comprises a dialysis bag, and at least one layer of film is arranged outside the dialysis bag; the catheter seat of the micro catheter system is positioned in the protective shell, and the rest part of the catheter seat is fixed on the clamping plate; and (5) putting the assembled clamping plate and the protective shell into a dialysis bag and sealing the bag.

The invention also discloses a processing technology of the micro-catheter guide wire system, and the production and manufacturing process of the micro-catheter guide wire system comprises the following key procedures and special processes:

A. the cleaning method is adopted to clean the micro-catheter system, so that the cleanness of raw materials is ensured;

B. carrying out butt welding on the non-woven section of the tube body and the tip of the tube body by using a high-frequency welding machine;

C. bonding the catheter body on the catheter seat by using UV glue through a connecting piece, and performing UV curing;

D. the assembled micro catheter system is arranged in an inner packaging belt, and the inner packaging belt is sealed by a sealing machine;

E. performing sterilization operation and analysis confirmation of the sterilization operation; ensuring the sterilization requirement is met.

While the invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the disclosed embodiment, but on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A micro-catheter system comprises a micro-catheter, wherein the micro-catheter comprises a catheter seat, a diffusion stress tube is arranged on the catheter seat, a catheter body penetrates through the diffusion stress tube and is connected with the catheter seat through a connecting piece, and the micro-catheter system is characterized in that the catheter body comprises a woven tube body section, a non-woven tube body section and a tip of the catheter body, the micro-catheter system further comprises a straight guide tube, the straight guide tube is sleeved at the near end of the catheter body, the straight guide tube is not fixedly bonded with the catheter body and can move freely, when the micro-catheter system is used, the straight guide tube is moved to the tip of the catheter body, the tip of the catheter body is guided to be straight, and after the tip of the catheter body enters a lumen, the straight guide tube is torn so that the straight guide tube is peeled off from the catheter body.

2. The microcatheter system of claim 1, wherein the catheter hub is made of polyethylene terephthalate-1, 4-cyclohexanedimethanol; the material of the diffusion stress pipe comprises linear low-density polyethylene added with titanium dioxide, wherein the proportion of the titanium dioxide is 5 wt%; the material of the tip of the tube body comprises block polyether amide resin added with polyurethane, wherein the proportion of the polyurethane is 5 +/-3 wt%; the rest 95 plus or minus 3 wt% of the raw material is added with 40 plus or minus 3 wt% of barium sulfate and 10 wt% of pigment.

3. The microcatheter system of claim 1, wherein the braided section of the shaft comprises an inner layer, an intermediate layer and an outer layer, wherein the inner layer and the outer layer of the braided section of the shaft are made of block polyetheramide resin with barium sulfate and pigment added, wherein the ratio of barium sulfate is 40 ± 5 wt%, and the ratio of pigment is 5 wt%; the middle layer of the tube body weaving section is made of 304 stainless steel.

4. The microcatheter system of claim 1, wherein the non-woven section of the shaft comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, wherein the inner layer of the non-woven section of the shaft is made of block polyetheramide resin, the inner layer and the outer layer of the non-woven section of the shaft are made of block polyetheramide resin with barium sulfate and pigment added, wherein the barium sulfate is present in a proportion of 40 ± 5% and the pigment is present in a proportion of 5 wt%.

5. The microcatheter system of claim 1, wherein the material of the guide tube is polytetrafluoroethylene with bismuth trioxide added thereto, wherein the proportion of bismuth trioxide is 8 wt%.

6. The microcatheter system of claim 1, further comprising a contrast guidewire, a syringe, a plastic needle, a stylet, and a torque control device.

7. The microcatheter system of claim 1, wherein the catheter hub is attached to the catheter shaft with a strength of 10N or more.

8. The microcatheter system of claim 1, wherein the distal end of the catheter shaft is rotated through an angle of not less than 250 degrees after the proximal end of the catheter shaft is rotated through 360 degrees.

9. The microcatheter system of claim 1, wherein the microcatheter has a push force and a return force of 2.5N or more.

10. The microcatheter system of claim 1, wherein the microcatheter system is placed in a packaging assembly comprising a card, an inner bag, a protective shell, wherein the inner bag comprises a dialysis bag, wherein the dialysis bag is further provided with at least one film; the catheter of the micro catheter system is arranged in the protective shell in a seat mode, and the rest part of the catheter is fixed on the clamping plate; and (3) putting the assembled clamping plate and the assembled protective shell into the dialysis bag and sealing the bag.

11. The microcatheter system of claim 1, wherein the catheter hub is a hub with an internal conical locking fitting, the tip of the shaft being capable of being shaped differently.

12. A method of testing a catheter comprising a micro-catheter system according to any of claims 1-11, the method comprising the steps of:

a. testing the connection strength of the catheter base and the catheter tube body, wherein the connection strength is tested in the following way: selecting a tested conduit test section, wherein the test section comprises a joint of the conduit seat and the conduit body, placing the test section in air or purified water with the temperature of 37 +/-2 ℃ and the relative humidity of 100% for 2 hours, fixing two ends of the test section on a tensile tester through a clamp, and stretching at the speed of 400mm/min until the test section is separated into two sections, wherein the tensile force during separation is the connection strength;

b. testing the rotation angle of the distal end of the catheter shaft, wherein the rotation angle of the distal end of the catheter shaft is tested by: putting the bending mould into a thermostatic water bath at 37 +/-2 ℃, penetrating the catheter tube body into the bending mould, extending the far end out of the bending mould by 1.5-2.0cm, rotating the near end of the catheter tube body by 360 degrees, and recording the rotation angle of the far end of the catheter tube body;

c. the microcatheter was tested for push and return force, wherein push and return force was tested as follows: locking the near end of the microcatheter on a clamp of a push-pull force meter, extending the far end into a bending model, starting a push button, pushing the microcatheter to move for 10cm in the bending model, testing for 5 times by using the push-pull force meter, recording peak values during pushing and withdrawing, and calculating mean value data.

13. A method of cleaning a catheter comprising a micro-catheter system according to any of claims 1 to 11, wherein the cleaning of the micro-catheter system comprises the steps of:

14. A process for manufacturing a catheter including a micro-catheter system according to any of claims 1-11, wherein the process comprises the steps of:

A. cleaning the microcatheter system using the method of claim 13 to ensure cleanliness of the raw material;