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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Paul Hamilton, Cary, NC (US);
Daniel Kenan, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Mark Grinstaff, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Affinergy, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides compositions and methods for an improved coating for medical devices. Provided is an interfacial biomaterial or biofunctional coating composition comprising at least one binding domain that has bind specificity for a surface material of a medical device, and at least one binding domain that has binding specificity for an antimicrobial composition. Methods for coating a surface of a medical device, and for manufacturing of a medical device, comprise contacting the surface to be coated with the biofunctional coating material in an amount effective to form a coating.