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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Teleflex Medical Incorporated, Morrisville, NC (US);
Nisha Gupta, Audubon, PA (US);
Chuanting You, Sinking Spring, PA (US);
Kamna Giare-Patel, Wyomissing, PA (US);
Kevin Sechrist, Womelsdorf, PA (US);
Teleflex Medical Incorporated, Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
A medical device adapted for contact with a vessel or cavity in the body including a tubular portion is provided. The device has an external surface including an external substance that is at least one of a coating or an impregnation, comprising alexidine in an amount that is both anti thrombogenically effective and anti microbially effective. The device also has an internal surface including an internal substance that is at least one of a coating or an impregnation, comprising alexidine in an amount that is both anti thrombogenically effective and anti microbially effective.