Verification of Lubricious Coatings on Medical Devices
I have hinted much on this blog about ways to go about verifying hydrophilic coatings on medical devices. When I speak of...
Five Critical Questions to Ask About Pinch Testing Data
Pinch testing data can be used to make or break a lubricious hydrophilic coating. It can also be used to lie. When you see any graph...
Hydrophilic Coatings Market Misinformation - Part 2
In a previous post I discussed why some of the estimates that the professional market research organizations make on the size of the...
Hydrophilic Coatings Market Misinformation
I have noticed several firms trying to estimate the size of the hydrophilic coatings market, which is a subset of the medical coatings...
Dental and Orthopedic Applications for Hydrophilic Coatings
I am not going to say this is a hopeless cause, because there could always be that device out there that could benefit from a slippery...
Implantable Hydrophilic Coatings
All hydrophilic coatings have some sort of bioerosion, degradation, and/or resorption rates in vivo. For most coatings of this nature,...