A balloon catheter having a balloon with a reduced slippage lubricious
coating, and a method of performing a medical procedure such as a balloon
dilatation procedure in a patient's blood vessel. The second coating
(i.e., the balloon coating) is lubricious to facilitate movement of the
catheter in the patient's body lumen, yet has sufficiently low lubricity
such that the slippage of the inflated balloon from a desired site within
the blood vessel is reduced compared to a balloon coated with the first
lubricious coating.