CPC A61M 25/1029 (2013.01) [A61M 25/1034 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method for producing a balloon catheter having a shaft extending in a distal-proximal direction and a balloon provided on a distal side of the shaft, the method comprising:
a tubular body placement step of placing a resin tubular body inside a mold;
a mold placement step of placing the mold inside a heating jacket so that the mold is heated by the heating jacket;
a heating step of heating the heating jacket;
an elongation start step of starting elongating the resin tubular body in a lengthwise direction thereof;
an elongation end step of ending elongating the resin tubular body; and
a heating end step of ending heating the heating jacket, wherein
the heating end step is performed before the elongation end step.
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