New medical device coating repels bacteria, blood A team of scientists and engineers at Harvard University has developed a surface coating for medical devices that repels bacteria and blood, which ...

In recent years, drug-resistant bacteria such as the infamous MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) have become a serious issue for many hospitals, causing some public health officials to ...

Coating makers take many different paths to ensure the blood compatibility of medical products. William Leventon Digital micrograph of polyurethane catheter tubing coated with Medi-Coat on both the ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surmodics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRDX), the global leader in medical device coating technologies, announced the commercial launch of its most advanced hydrophilic medical ...

Dublin, Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Medical Device Coating and Surface Modification Market Industry Trends and Global Forecasts to 2035: Distribution by Type of Medical Devices Coated, Type ...

Glass slides were dipped in blood to demonstrate the effectiveness of TLP coating. Blood sticks to the slide on the left, while the TLP-coated slide on the right emerges clear.--Courtesy of Harvard's ...

When a patient's blood flows through catheters, stents or other medical devices, there's always a risk that harmful clots may form. An experimental new bio-inspired coating could keep that from ...

Our bodies have evolved to be pretty good at dealing with incursions by foreign objects and bacteria. Usually, that's a positive thing, but it can spell trouble for medical devices, such as ...

Medi-Solve's technique can mask medical devices selectively, as shown by the unmasked folded balloon (above) and the masked folded balloon (below). Before lubricious coatings are applied to such ...

(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Key market opportunities include increased demand for medical device coatings due to a rising elderly population and chronic illnesses, emphasis on minimally invasive ...