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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Tamisha Clark, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Barry H. Chilton, Mt. Airy, NC (US);
Inventors:
Tamisha Clark, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Barry H. Chilton, Mt. Airy, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device such as a wire guide has a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating adhered to an etched, carbonaceous polymeric surface, for example a sodium-etched polymer surface. A method for preparing a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating on a medical device includes etching a polymeric portion of the device to create a carbonaceous surface and applying a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating on the etched surface.