A dialyzer in which a nearly cylindrical case is provided therein with a
hollow fiber bundle made of a plurality of hollow fiber membranes, a
blood flow path formed by lumens of the hollow fiber membranes, a
dialyzate flow path formed by a space between the inner wall of the case
and the hollow fiber membranes and a cylindrical heat-shrinkable tube
provided on the outside of the hollow fiber bundle and at least a part of
which can be shrunk by heating, and a method for manufacturing the
dialyzer.