Patent ID: 7951259

Claim:
A method of making a balloon catheter, comprising: providing a catheter shaft; forming a balloon with a distal skirt section, the distal skirt section having a proximal section which is continuous when placed on the catheter shaft and a wedge-shaped distal end forming a wedge-shaped distal leading face, the distal skirt section only extending partially around the catheter shaft at the distal leading face when place on the catheter shaft, the distal skirt section having a lumen configured for receiving a distal section of the catheter shaft therein; positioning the distal section of the catheter shaft in the distal skirt section lumen; positioning a mandrel within said catheter shaft; and bonding at least a portion of the balloon distal skirt section to the shaft distal section, to secure the balloon to the shaft, so that the balloon has an interior in fluid communication with an inflation lumen of the shaft.