Vascular access device non-adhering surfaces
US8197452B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 26, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S604/905
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A vascular access device may include a body and a layer of the body that communicates with a pathogenic environment to discourage adhesion of a pathogen to the layer and thus repress pathogenic activity. A method of repressing pathogenic activity in a vascular access device includes providing the device with a body, and coating the body with a layer that discourages adhesion of a pathogen to the layer.
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