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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2021
Kaneka Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Kojima, Settsu, JP;
Masato Tsueda, Settsu, JP;
Yoshinori Nakano, Settsu, JP;
Takahisa Hamabuchi, Osaka, JP;
KANEKA CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a balloon for a balloon catheter that can prevent kinking or buckling of the balloon and elongation of the balloon in the longitudinal direction. A balloon () for a balloon catheter has a balloon body (); the balloon body () has an inflating part (), a distal sleeve part (), and a proximal sleeve part (); the distal sleeve part () has a fixed part () fixed to the shaft (); the balloon () has a reinforcing part () disposed on an inner surface of the distal sleeve part () at a part of a circumferential direction of the distal sleeve part (); the reinforcing part () is located proximal to a distal end of the fixed part (); and the balloon () does not have the reinforcing part () on an inner surface of the proximal sleeve part ().