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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61L 29/16 (2006.01); A61K 31/436 (2006.01); A61K 31/337 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/1029 (2013.01); A61K 31/337 (2013.01); A61K 31/436 (2013.01); A61L 29/16 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61L 2300/416 (2013.01); A61L 2300/63 (2013.01); A61M 2025/105 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1031 (2013.01);
Abstract
A balloon catheter is disclosed capable of effectively delivering a drug to living body tissue and a manufacturing method of the balloon catheter, and a treatment method. The balloon catheter has a balloon at a distal portion of a catheter shaft, and is provided on a surface of the balloon with elongate bodies which are crystals of a water-insoluble drug extending in a longitudinal direction. The surface of the balloon is provided with crystal conjugates formed of a plurality of elongate bodies united to one another while being in a tilted state.