| 摘要 |
<p>This balloon catheter priming method is for a balloon catheter which is provided with a balloon which by means of an injected liquid can be inflated to a shape going beyond that obtainable by plastic deformation, and with a balloon lumen (12) communicating with the inside of the balloon, and which does not have an air discharge mechanism. This priming method involves a pressure reduction step for reducing the pressure inside of the balloon lumen (12), a balloon inflating step for injecting a priming liquid into the pressure-reduced balloon lumen (12) until the inflating part (41) of the balloon (4) goes beyond the shape obtainable by plastic deformation to reach a state of inflation resulting from elastic deformation, and an air discharge step for holding the balloon catheter (1) such that the balloon (4) is down and moving the air inside of the balloon (4) and the balloon lumen (12) upwards for discharge from the balloon catheter.</p> |
