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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A balloon coating method for forming a coating layer containing a water-insoluble drug on the outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter, wherein the balloon catheter includes an elongate shaft possessing a distal portion at which is provided the balloon which is inflatable. The balloon coating method includes: holding the shaft on a support part capable of rotating about an axis of the balloon; and moving a dispensing tube for supplying a coating liquid containing the drug relative to the balloon in an axial direction of the balloon, while rotating the balloon together with the support part, thereby to coat the outer surface of the balloon with the coating liquid.