Patent ID: 7914643

Claim:
A method of making a balloon catheter, comprising: a) bonding a proximal skirt section of a balloon, having a proximal skirt section and a distal skirt section, directly to the outer surface of a catheter shaft so that the balloon has an interior in fluid communication with an inflation lumen of the shaft; b) radially collapsing a proximal compression member on an outer surface of the proximal skirt section of the balloon bonded to the shaft, with the compression member proximal end being located distal to a proximal end of the balloon proximal skirt section so that the proximal skirt section has an extending segment which extends proximally beyond the proximal compression member and the extending segment has an inner surface on an outer surface of the shaft; and c) dispensing a liquid adhesive on the proximal end of the proximal skirt section of the balloon and curing the adhesive to form a proximal end cap encircling the proximal end of the balloon proximal skirt section, the proximal end cap having an inner surface on an outer surface of the shaft and on an outer surface of the extending segment of the balloon proximal skirt section.