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Hydrophilic medical coatings

Lubricious, biocompatible surface coatings applied to catheters, guidewires and other blood- or tissue-contacting medical devices to reduce friction and improve insertion.

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Biocompatible coatings for medical devices
Biocompatible surface coatings — mostly UV-curable hydrophilic polymer layers, with drug-eluting and antimicrobial variants — applied to catheters, guidewires, stents and other blood- or tissue-contacting medical devices, supplied by dedicated coating specialists (Surmodics, Biocoat, Hydromer, Harland Medical Systems, Freudenberg Medical) rather than made in-house by device OEMs.
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