Patent ID: 11957857
Assignee: BIOTRONIK AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 15:
16. A process for arranging a protective sheath on a drug-coated balloon catheter in a machine, the protective sheath having a wall circling in a peripheral direction and surrounding an interior of the protective sheath, the process comprising:
transporting the protective sheath via a transport system into a holding device;
protecting a drug coated area of the balloon catheter from contact with the machine; and
arranging the protective sheath on a drug-coated area of the balloon catheter by machine relative motion between the balloon catheter and the protective sheath, wherein said protecting comprises one of placing at least one first and one second flexible film between the balloon catheter and a guide of the machine during the relative motion, or holding the balloon catheter at a position on the catheter away from the drug-coated area during the relative motion, wherein as the protective sheath is arranged on the drug-coated area, the protective sheath is rotated with respect to the balloon catheter about a longitudinal axis of the protective sheath or the balloon catheter is rotated with respect to the protective sheath about the longitudinal axis.