Fig 3. Crossability of differently coated DCB.

Crossability as the resulting force at the distal end of the catheter during the passage of a model stenosis, diagram shows force-distance curves of differently coated balloon catheter in comparison to an uncoated catheter of the same type. The insert shows a scheme of the test set up according to [23]. In fact, the curves show averages of 3 experiments per balloon type (3 different coatings or uncoated).