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Custom Medical Coatings
Each formulation of CovaCoat® can be specifically tailored as a permanent coating to a wide variety of medical devices, and can be engineered to improve lubricity, hemocompatibility, device contamination resistance and controlled delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).
Formulation:
A proprietary photochemical process that alters the surface of a variety of medical devices to incorporate or improve several device specific properties including lubricity, hemocompatibility, biocompatibility, antimicrobial resistance, and controlled drug delivery through internal and external coating.
Approach:
Our patented process creates a highly durable, low particulate coating technology through surface modification, designed to withstand shear forces and delamination. CovaCoat® coatings can be applied to several medical devices, including silicone devices, peritoneal dialysis catheters, hemodialysis catheters, wound drains, central venous lines, and several other medical devices.
Compared to other coatings which rely on “grafting to” processes with off-the-shelf polymers, our coatings use a proprietary “grafting from” process to mitigate weak points and potential delamination. Utilizing photo-polymerization to create active grafting sites, new polymer chains are initiated and grown from the surface to form a continuum rather than a discrete coating layer.
The CovaCoat process can be applied to a wide range of polymeric based devices. Using USP grade the CovaCoat® process has been scaled for commercial production.
Benefits:
- Customizable: Providing unique market differentiating solutions for every customer.
- Highly tunable: Adaptable to varying geometries, devices and materials (pre or post processing), internal and external surface coating.
- Durable: Covalently linked surface coating withstands very high shearing and abrasion forces.
- Multifunctional: Allowing for multiple surface properties, functionalities and controlled delivery of single or dual active pharmaceutical ingredients.
- Controlled delivery: Including but not limited to antimicrobials, antibiotics, peptides and anti‐inflammatories.
- Cost Effective: A flexible business model allows for creative structures that are mutually beneficial.
Benefits:
- Transparent dressings allow for site visualization without the need to remove dressings.
- Comfortable on skin and little to no pain observed during removal.
- Proven localized delivery vehicle for APIs, including successful loading and release of various antimicrobials and anti-inflammatories.
- Can be applied to the surface of a multitude of medical devices for localized delivery of APIs.
- FDA and Health Canada cleared Covalon Products using our dual antimicrobial silicone adhesive technology includes: IV Clear® and SurgiClear®.
PATIENT & CLINICIAN Testimonials*
Hear the Compassion: Real Stories, Real Healing
“ColActive makes a real difference for my patients, getting them back on their feet sooner. For some, that difference is avoiding amputation.”
“I couldn’t be happier with IV CLEAR! It’s very comfortable and doesn’t give me any issues. I would definitely recommend IV CLEAR! After a few dressing changes with other brands, IV CLEAR is by far the best! Other brands stick to my line, making dressing changes very painful. IV CLEAR just peels off no problem! Feels like a second skin.”
*Covalon recommends discussing your individual treatment needs with your physician or healthcare provider. For more information, please contact [email protected]
