Angioplasty balloon catheter
A long, flexible catheter with an inflatable balloon of specific diameter and length mounted at the tip, connected to a pressure-controlled inflation device.
How it is used
Used in percutaneous transluminal angioplasty to dilate arterial or venous stenoses, and to deploy stents in the same procedure.
Clinical tip
Inflation pressure must be monitored with a dedicated gauge (indeflator) to avoid exceeding the balloon's rated burst pressure.
Sources
This entry is part of the Instriq catalog, researched and written per specialty from real web research -- never generated or invented without verification -- and reviewed skeptically and independently before publication. How this catalog is written.
History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-05.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.