HYDROPHILIC COATING SERVICES

AT A GLANCE

• Proprietary coating is lubricious, durable, and biocompatible
• Hydrophilic coating may lessen damage to tissue and vasculature
• Our coating can be customized to meet your requirements

Improve the Performance of Your Device

Our proprietary hydrophilic coating stands out from the rest! Testing indicates the coating performs favorably for lubricity and durability compared to competitors’ products. *Want proof? Click here to take a look at the testing results.

Similar to other surface technologies, our hydrophilic coating may reduce the required insertion force which may result in improved control, placement, and tracking of a device. The coating also may lessen damage to tissue and vasculature.

Partner with us for a lubricious, hydrophilic coating that offers:

• Customization of formula to meet your performance requirements
• Low particulate count* (meets USP 788 standards)
• Biocompatibility
• Shelf life stability* to help you mange cost and supply challenges
• Proven coating and substrate adherence

It is important to note that our hydrophilic coating meets important ISO standards, which include:

• Cytotoxicity: ISO 10993-5
• Irritation: ISO 10993-10
• Sensitization: ISO 10993-10
• EO Residual: ISO 10993-7
• Haemolysis: ISO 10993-4
• Chemical Characterization: ISO 10993-18

“Hydrophilic Coating” Brochure, read online

Work with the Coating Experts™

At Teleflex Medical OEM, we understand that how a coating is applied can be as important as the coating itself. That is why we offer:

• Fully-automated coating application technology and curing process:
  • Customizable to your specifications
• UV-cured formulation in a temperature and humidity controlled cleanroom
• Single- and dual-dip formulations
• Variable speed, dip coating process
• Regulatory master file support

Already have a surface technology for your device? The expert team at Teleflex Medical OEM will collaborate with you and/or your coating-formula partner to define a hydrophilic coating program based on your requirements. We can:

• Transfer an established hydrophilic coating process and the associated component or device to our facility in Limerick, Ireland
• Develop a new hydrophilic coating process for a component or device
• Provide performance testing of the coating

Coating Specifications:

• Maximum device length: 2m
• Maximum coated length: 1.3m

Testing:

• Formulation:
  • Viscosity
  • Percentage of solids
• Coating:
  • Integrity
  • Lubricity
  • Durability
  • Particulate

“Hydrophilic Coating” Brochure, read online or download a PDF

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