Hydrophilic Coatings

Materials

Hydrophilic Coatings

  • Introduction
Hydrophilic Coatings for medical devices are lubricious, abrasion resistant, Non-thrombogenic and biocompatible. Suitable for coating vascular catheters, guide wires and other medical devices, they can be applied to a wide range of polymeric and metallic substrates
  • Advantages
  • Exceptionally hydrophilic
  • Biocompatible
  • Very thin, flexible coatings can be applied
  • Lubricious when wet, preventing trauma and tissue abrasion
  • Prevents adhesion of platelets, proteins, and microorganisms
  • Properties
  • Physical properties are readily adapted to meet the design criteria of medical device applications
  • Thickness
  • Storage stability
  • Lubricity / flexibility
  • Wettability
  • Abrasion resistance