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US 10,328,245 B2Granted
Positioning method for balloon coating
AssigneeTerumo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuo Kurosaki, Ryosuke Suzuki, Eisuke Furuichi
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AssigneeTerumo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuo Kurosaki, Ryosuke Suzuki, Eisuke Furuichi
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A method is disclosed for forming a coating layer on an outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter. The method includes supplying a coating solution containing a drug and a solvent through an end portion of a flexible dispensing tube with an opening portion for discharging the coating solution through the end portion of the flexible dispensing tube; keeping in contact an opening portion-formed end portion side of the dispensing tube with the outer surface of the balloon in such a manner as to be oriented in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the balloon; rotating the balloon about an axis of the balloon; and discharging the coating solution through the opening portion and applying the coating solution to the outer surface of the balloon while the dispensing tube is moved relative to the balloon in an axial direction of the balloon.
A method for forming a coating layer on an outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter, the method comprising:
A balloon coating method for forming a coating layer on an outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter, the balloon coating method comprising:
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