Abstract:
A coating composition comprises an aqueous solution comprising at least one vinyl carboxylic acid monomer and at least one neutral monomer, wherein the at least one neutral monomer has a glass transition temperature of less than about 100° C. in homopolymeric form. A device comprises a protonated polyacrylate coating, wherein the device is inherently antimicrobial, anti-thrombogenic, flexible, and/or sheds few to no particulates.
Abstract:
The present disclosure describes a strategy to create self-healing, slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces. Roughened (e.g., porous) surfaces can be utilized to lock in place a lubricating fluid, referred to herein as Liquid B to repel a wide range of materials, referred to herein as Object A (Solid A or Liquid A). Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces outperforms other conventional surfaces in its capability to repel various simple and complex liquids (water, hydrocarbons, crude oil and blood), maintain low-contact-angle hysteresis (
Abstract:
The invention is an improved biocompatible surface for a variety of medical purposes. The biocompatible surface employs a unique tight microstructure that demonstrates enhanced cellular response in the body, particularly when placed in contact with blood. As a blood contact surface, the present invention can be beneficially employed in a wide variety of implantable devices and in many other devices and equipment that come in contact with blood.
Abstract:
The present invention provides catheter compositions that provide anti-thrombogenic properties while not adversely impacting mechanical properties. All embodiments of the present invention comprise a catheter that comprises a fluoropolymer additive with specific compositions and/or purity levels.
Abstract:
High strength biomedical materials and processes for making the same are disclosed. Included in the disclosure are nanoporous hydrophilic solids that can be extruded with a high aspect ratio to make high strength medical catheters and other devices with lubricious and biocompatible surfaces.
Abstract:
To Provide is a polymer having high antithrombogenicity compared to a conventional polymer having a glycerol group and suitable as a medical device material. It is the polymer having a structural unit derived from a glycerol group-containing monomer, and a structural unit derived from an unsaturated monomer having a structure in which an organic group having a structure site having 4 or more carbon atoms continuously bound is bound to an ethylenically unsaturated group; and satisfying a glass-transition temperature of 10° C. or less and/or a glass-transition temperature of −25° C. or less at a saturated water content.
Abstract:
Methods for applying layers to medical devices and related devices are provided. Such devices can include stents. For example, the device can include a sidewall and a plurality of pores in the sidewall that are sized to inhibit flow of blood through the sidewall into an aneurysm to a degree sufficient to lead to thrombosis and healing of the aneurysm when the tubular member is positioned in a blood vessel and adjacent to the aneurysm. The device can have an anti-thrombogenic outer layer distributed over at least a portion of the device.
Abstract:
New ampholyte biomaterial compounds containing ampholyte moieties are synthesized and integrated into polymeric assemblies to provide hydrophilic polymers exhibiting improved biocompatibility, haemocompatibility, hydrophilicity non-thrombogenicity, anti-bacterial ability, and mechanical strength, as well as suitability as a drug delivery platform.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for preparing a medical device which has a surface lubricating layer on a surface of a substrate and the surface of which exhibits lubricity and antithrombotic qualities when being wet. The method includes forming a coating layer that contains a hydrophilic polymer having at least one reactive functional group selected from the group consisting of an epoxy group, an acid chloride group, and an aldehyde group, and then applying onto the coating layer an antithrombotic material solution that contains an antithrombotic material having a functional group capable of binding to the hydrophilic polymer to form the surface lubricating layer. The concentration of the antithrombotic material in the antithrombotic material solution is more than 0 and less than 0.1 wt %.
Abstract:
A medical material that is excellent in antithrombogenicity even under a severe use condition in which thrombi are easily formed, is provided. The medical material contains a water-insoluble copolymer including a repeating unit (A) (which is derived from acryloylmorpholine, for example) and a repeating unit (B) (which is derived from methoxyethyl acrylate, for example), in which the water-insoluble copolymer has 5 mole % to 20 mole % of the repeating unit (A) with respect to all constituent units of the copolymer.