process for sterilization of a ausdehnbaren dilatationsballons, the elastic tensions responding and its manufacture

摘要

The invention refers to a method of sterilizing a balloon, wherein said balloon comprises a biaxially-oriented copolymer suitable for use in medical procedures and has a distensibility between about 5% and about 20% and a wall tensile strength of at least about 14,000 psi, the method comprising sterilizing said balloon with ethylene oxide under conditions which do not adversely affect said distensibility or said wall tensile strength.