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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Kaneka Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Keisuke Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoji Nakano, Settsu, JP;
Assignee:
KANEKA CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2013.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/1011 (2013.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61M 2025/1054 (2013.01); A61M 2205/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for recycling a used balloon catheter includes accepting a used balloon catheter. The balloon catheter includes a detector that detects a state value including at least a pressure generated in a pipe path formed within the balloon catheter and a storage that stores a result of detection of the state value by the detector. The method includes determining at least one of reusability of the used balloon catheter and a method of recycling the used balloon catheter, based on the result of detection stored in the storage of the used balloon catheter.