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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
You Ling Fan, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Lawrence Marlin, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Lisa M Bouldin, Cranford, NJ (US);
Isabel Maria Marino, Somerset, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ; A61L / ; C08J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428412 ; 4284242 ; 4284244 ; 4284246 ; 4284248 ; 4284251 ; 4284255 ; 428441 ; 428447 ; 428448 ; 428451 ; 428461 ; 428462 ; 428463 ; 4284758 ; 428483 ; 428510 ; 428515 ; 428518 ; 428520 ; 428522 ; 604266 ;
Abstract
Lubricious coatings comprising a binder polymer having a vinyl moiety and a carboxylic acid moiety and a hydrophilic polymer are disclosed. The coatings can be applied to a variety of substrates such as, for example, catheters, stents, dilatation balloons, guide wires, endotracheal tubes, instruments, implants and other biomedical devices and can provide exceptional lubricity and abrasion resistance. Processes for applying the lubricious coatings in either one or two coating steps are also disclosed.