Patent ID: 8361017
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A balloon catheter comprising: a catheter tube; an inflatable and deflatable balloon fixed to said catheter tube; and a refolding device for folding the balloon onto said catheter tube during balloon deflation, wherein said refolding device includes at least one flap arrangement being fixed on said catheter tube and being disposed within said balloon, the at least one flap arrangement extends between Ro-markers disposed on the catheter tube and includes at least three flexible flaps fixed on said catheter tube, the at least three flexible flaps are circumferentially fixed and equally spaced from each other on the catheter tube, extend along a region of the catheter tube disposed in the balloon, are formed with predetermined lengths, each being formed in a bent or angled shape, and have decreasing cross sections along projecting lengths thereof.