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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2002
Cheryl Rice, San Diego, CA (US);
Rosabel Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jacky G. Duchamp, Campbell, CA (US);
Cheryl Rice, San Diego, CA (US);
Rosabel Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jacky G. Duchamp, Campbell, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A balloon catheter having a balloon with a reduced slippage lubricious coating, and a method of performing a medical procedure such as a balloon dilatation procedure in a patient's blood vessel. The second coating (i.e., the balloon coating) is lubricious to facilitate movement of the catheter in the patient's body lumen, yet has sufficiently low lubricity such that the slippage of the inflated balloon from a desired site within the blood vessel is reduced compared to a balloon coated with the first lubricious coating.