Patent ID: 8287940

Claim:
Method of coating or filling the folds of a folded catheter balloon comprising the following steps: a) providing a composition comprising at least a contrast agent and at least an antiproliferative, antiinflammatory, antiphlogistic, cytostatic, cytotoxic, antiangiogenic, anti-restenotic or antithrombotic active agent and at least an alcohol as solvent; b) inserting the composition comprising at least a contrast agent and at least an antiproliferative, antiinflammatory, antiphlogistic, cytostatic, cytotoxic, antiangiogenic, anti-restenotic or antithrombotic active agent and at least an alcohol as solvent selectively into the folds of the folded catheter balloon by means of a syringe device, wherein only the folds of the folded catheter balloon are coated or filled selectively and the surface of the folded catheter balloon outside the folds is not coated; c) drying the composition comprising at least a contrast agent and at least an antiproliferative, antiinflammatory, antiphlogistic, cytostatic, cytotoxic, antiangiogenic, anti-restenotic or antithrombotic active agent and at least an alcohol as solvent by removing the solvent via evaporation or under reduced pressure.