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

Claim 16:
17. 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;
gripping one of the protective sheath and the balloon catheter with a movable machine part while protecting a drug coated area of the balloon catheter from contact with the machine part; and
moving the movable machine part to insert the balloon catheter into the protective sheath, wherein the movable machine part moves the balloon catheter via a protective film pressed between the movable machine part and the balloon catheter or the movable machine part moves the protective sheath by reaching behind an end of the protective sheath and pressing against the end of the protective sheath to push the protective sheath onto the drug-coated area of the balloon catheter.