Patent ID: 7654979

Claim:
A balloon catheter, comprising: a) an elongated shaft having an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen; b) a balloon on a distal shaft section, having a proximal and distal skirt section with at least a portion secured to the shaft so that an interior chamber of the balloon is in fluid communication with the inflation lumen; c) a proximal compression member on an outer surface of the balloon proximal skirt section, having a proximal end 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 bonded to the shaft; and d) a proximal end cap encircling the proximal end of the balloon proximal skirt section, the 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, and a distal end that extends no further then the proximal compression member.