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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
Kaneka Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Kojima, Settsu, JP;
Takahisa Hamabuchi, Osaka, JP;
KANEKA CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The balloon catheter includes: a shaft; and a balloon having a straight tube portion and a tapered portion, wherein the balloon has a wing-shaped portion and a protrusion on an outer surface, and a scattering intensity in each of the cross sections measured by laser Raman spectroscopy satisfies Expression (1): I>I(1) where Iis Ia/Ib at a central part of a base end part of the protrusion on the straight tube portion, and Iis Ia/Ib at a central part of a base end part of the protrusion on the tapered portion, Ia being a ratio of a peak intensity in the X direction to a peak intensity in the Y direction at a wavenumber of 1640 cm, Ib being a ratio of a peak intensity in the X direction to a peak intensity in the Y direction at a wavenumber of 1440 cm.
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