Patent ID: 7396582
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: A61L,A61M,B05D,C08J,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A balloon catheter, comprising a) a multilayer balloon comprising a polymeric first layer having a deposited plasma polymerized polymer film layer of acrylate and fragmented acrylate formed from an acrylic acid plasma and which is covalently bonded to a first surface of the first layer along an entire length of the first layer, and a polymeric second layer, the second layer being bonded to the plasma polymerized film so that the plasma polymerized film is between the first and second layers, and the plasma polymerized film has a thickness which is about 10 to about 150 nanometers; and b) an elongated shaft having an inflation lumen, and bonded to the balloon, so that an interior of the balloon is in fluid communication with the inflation lumen.