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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
May. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2013.01); B05B 12/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/1029 (2013.01); B05B 12/00 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 2025/105 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1031 (2013.01);
Abstract
A balloon coating method and apparatus are disclosed which can perform coating while freely controlling, for example, the thickness of a coating layer and/or the morphological form of a drug. The method includes pulling a distal tip of the balloon in an axial direction of the balloon to straighten a bend of the balloon; rotating the balloon about an axis of the balloon; and coating the outer surface of the balloon with a coating liquid.