A medical tubing is disclosed which includes a first material extending
between proximal and distal ends of the tubing and which defines a lumen
of the tubing. The tubing also includes a second material extending
between at least portion of the distance between the proximal and distal
ends of the tubing and that is embedded in the first material. The second
material is fractured. The first material is flexible and the second
material is relatively rigid and brittle and the two materials combined
to provide a medical tubing that exhibits strain softening behavior.