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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Surmodics, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Aleksey V. Kurdyumov, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Dale G. Swan, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Nathan A. Lockwood, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Bruce M. Jelle, Chanhassen, MN (US);
SURMODICS, INC., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to latent reactive and polymerizable derivatives of fluorescent stilbene-based compounds. The compounds can be used to provide articles with a fluorescence property, such as medical devices (e.g., catheters). The fluorescent compounds can be used in association with polymers, or can be incorporated into polymers, and the polymers used in a coating composition on the article surface. The compounds allow for visual or machine inspection of coating properties such as uniformity of coverage.