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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2013
Mark Edwards, Armonk, NY (US);
Aarti Kriplani, Roseland, NJ (US);
Alan R. Toth, Newburgh, NY (US);
Ruairi Cunningham, Dublin, IE;
Mark Edwards, Armonk, NY (US);
Aarti Kriplani, Roseland, NJ (US);
Alan R. Toth, Newburgh, NY (US);
Ruairi Cunningham, Dublin, IE;
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a section of tubing including a fluoropolmer tubular body which has an interior surface defining a fluid passage through the tubular body. At least a first portion of the interior surface has a first hydrophobicity which is less than that of the remainder of the tubular body. At least a first portion of the interior surface can have a molar ratio of fluorine to oxygen of no greater than 30 to 1. Products can include the tubular bodies of the present invention attachable to fluid processing instruments such as immunodiagnostic instruments. The present invention also discloses methods for manufacturing the disclosed tubular bodies.