Coating medical device surfaces for delivering gas-supersaturated fluids
US6533766B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 17, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2202/0476
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method is provided of using biocompatible surface-active agents to impart improved characteristics to a surface contacting a gas-supersaturated fluid, advantageously by forming on the surface a coating including an adsorbed biocompatible surface-active agent promoting surface charge neutralization or surface energy reduction, and of providing a surface contacting a gas-supersaturated fluid, the surface having such improved characteristics.
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