CATHETER BALLOON DRUG ADHERENCE TECHNIQUES AND METHODS

• Main Authors: DICKERSON, Brian, P, SHARMA, Ashok, K, UBER, Arthur, E., III, EWING, Benjamin, T, BRUCKER, Gregory, G, SAVAGE, Steven, D, BEDNAR, Scott, A, PERIARD, John, R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 27.02.2019
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A method of coating a folded catheter balloon, the method comprising providing a pressure chamber having a coating solution contained therein, wherein the coating solution comprises a therapeutic agent; placing the folded balloon catheter into the coating solution in the pressure chamber, applying a pressure and/or vacuum to force the coating into the folds of the balloon, releasing the pressure and/or vacuum, and removing the folded and coated catheter balloon from the chamber.