Lubricious Coating Technology from Bayer MaterialScience LLC Can be Applied to Inner Lumens of Catheters
Summary
Besides observing improved performance in developmental devices attributable to BaymedixTM CL 100, these companies see potential using the product to reduce material usage and assembly cost.But several of our customers are looking to take performance to the next level, and this has been difficult to do until now.” In particular, coated lumens may improve the interaction between catheters and guidewires or enable new designs better suited to access distal vasculature.In laboratory studies devices coated with BaymedixTM CL 100 show a low coefficient of friction, and maintain this high lubricity through many stress cycles.Sustainability is central to Bayer MaterialScience LLC’s business and is based around the key areas of innovation, product stewardship, excellence in corporate management, social responsibility and respect for the environment.Bayer’s Medical Coatings Development Centre in Sheffield, England provides technical support and applications development for BaymedixTM CL 100 and other products in the BaymedixTM line of materials for medical devices.Bayer MaterialScience LLC is one of the leading producers of polymers and high-performance plastics in North America and is part of the global Bayer MaterialScience business with approximately 14,300 employees at 30 production sites around the world and 2009 sales of 7.5 billion euros.