Medical devices having durable and lubricious polymeric coating

Details Medical devices having durable and lubricious polymeric coating Medical devices having durable and lubricious polymeric coating

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A61L 31/10 (2006.01) A61B 17/32 (2006.01) A61B 17/34 (2006.01) A61F 2/06 (2006.01) A61L 27/34 (2006.01) A61L 27/50 (2006.01) A61L 31/08 (2006.01) A61L 31/14 (2006.01) A61M 25/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2444844

A medical device having a contact surface exposed repeatedly to bodily tissue is disclosed. The contact surface is coated with a silicone polymer and one or more non-silicone hydrophobic polymers. The preferred medical device is a surgical needle, and the preferred coating is a polydimethylsiloxane and polypropylene wax hydrocarbon mixture. The incorporation of the non-silicone hydrophobic polymer increases the durability of the coating on the device without sacrificing lubricity.

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