Product/Service

Lubricious Coatings

Source: SurModics, Inc.
The company's lubricious coatings improve medical devices by reducing the coefficient of friction by up to 90% on a vast array of surfaces including vascular catheters, urinary catheters, and guidewires.
The company's lubricious coatings improve medical devices by reducing the coefficient of friction by up to 90% on a vast array of surfaces including vascular catheters, urinary catheters, and guidewires. The slippery surface created by our lubricious coatings results in more precise physician control, increased patient comfort, greater speed and accessibility, and ease-of-use.

Versatile Technology
PhotoLink low-friction coatings can be durable under high-flow, varying pH, and wide temperature fluctuations. The coatings can also provide antimicrobial and hemocompatible drug delivery capabilities.

Lubricious Surface Benefits

  • Enables the physician to reach more distal regions and to cross difficult lesions.
  • Reduced procedure time.
  • Reduces insertion forces.
  • Increases patient comfort.
  • Enhances the ability to maneuver tortuous paths.
  • Provides more precise push and torque control.
  • Reduces tissue irritation and damage.

SurModics, Inc., 9924 West 74th Street, Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3523. Tel: 612-829-2701; Fax: 612-829-2743.