Balloon catheter with out of round main body

摘要

The catheter consists of a tubular body (2) with a connector piece (3) at its proximal end and a balloon (9) at its distal end. The tubular part has two bores (4,5) of circular cross-section. The largest bore is reached via connection (8) and is used for feeding-in a guide wire. The second bore is used for feeding a medium for inflating the balloon. part of the tubular body is cut away to make a connection between the small bore and the inside of the balloon. As the tubular body contains two bores, its outer contour is out of round