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

Claim 11:
12. 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 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 the balloon catheter has a proximal end and an opposite distal end section, the drug-coated area being arranged at the distal end section, wherein said arranging comprises one of inserting the balloon catheter into the interior of the protective sheath with a proximal end of the balloon catheter first and arranging the protective sheath starting from the proximal end of the balloon catheter.