Abstract:
The invention relates to coating systems having one or more hydrophobic layers bonded to a substrate with a silane composition and methods of making and using the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes an article having a substrate, a base coating layer covalently bonded to the surface of the substrate and a hydrophobic polymer layer disposed on the base coating layer. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for forming an article including applying a base layer coating solution onto a substrate to form a base layer, applying a hydrophobic polymer layer onto the base layer, and applying actinic energy to the substrate.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention include linking agents including photo groups and vinyl groups and coatings and devices that incorporate such linking agents, along with related methods. Exemplary methods herein include methods of priming substrates and methods of coating substrates using compounds having the formula R 1 - X - R 2 , wherein R 1 is a radical comprising a vinyl group, X is a radical comprising from about one to about twenty carbon atoms, and R 2 is a radical comprising a photoreactive group. Embodiments herein also include linking agents having the formula R 1 - X - R 2 , wherein R 1 is a radical comprising a vinyl group, X is a radical comprising from about one to about twenty carbon atoms, and R 2 is a radical comprising a photoreactive group. Other embodiments are also included herein.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to medical device coatings, such as coated guidewires and catheters, containing a visualization moiety providing color to the coating in ambient or applied light. The coating allows for visual or machine inspection of coating properties such as uniformity of coverage. In some embodiments the coatings include the visualization moiety and an activated UV photogroup, which is used to provide covalent bonding in the coating. The visualization moiety can be in particulate form and entrained in the coating, or can be covalently bonded to the hydrophilic polymer backbone. In other embodiments the visualization moiety includes a stilbene chemical group. Exemplary coatings include a hydrophilic vinyl pyrrolidone polymer, which can provide lubricity to the device surface, along with the colored properties.
Abstract:
An insertion tool 100 for inserting a medical device into another medical device, such as a hemostasis sealing valve. The insertion tool includes a guide sheath 101 and a protection tube 105. The guide sheath includes a flared proximal end. The guide sheath can further include a central lumen. The guide sheath further includes a locking notch 104 disposed on the inner surface between the proximal end and the distal end. The protection tube includes a flared proximal end 108. A portion of the protection tube can be situated within the central lumen of the guide sheath. The flared proximal end of the protection tube is sized to fit within the locking notch and can have an outer diameter larger than portions of the inner surface immediately adjacent to the locking notch. Other embodiments are also included herein.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are activatable conductive compositions and methods of making and using activatable conductive compositions. In particular, activatable conductive monomers and polymers are described and electrically conductive coatings that include activatable conductive polymers.
Abstract:
The invention includes conductive polymeric coatings, medical device, coating solutions and methods of making the same. A coating solution for forming a conductive polymer layer can include a conductive monomer, at least one photoreactive component comprising an anionic photoreactive cross-linking agent or an anionic photoreactive hydrophilic polymer, and a solvent. A medical device can include an electrode and an electrically conductive coating disposed over the electrode. The electrically conductive coating can include a reaction product of the conductive monomer and the at least one photoreactive component. Other aspects are included herein.