Originally Published EMDM September 2002
PRODUCT UPDATE
AST Products
Materials used in medical care may cause complications such as bacterial infection, blood clots, and tissue trauma. These issues can be addressed by using BioLast, a proprietary flexible coating technology from AST Products (Billerica, MA, USA). BioLast incorporates antimicrobial, antithrombogenic agents and offers biocompatibility, lubricity, durability, adhesion, and drug-delivery properties.
AST Products offers a variety of surface coatings that enhance the performance of medical devices. "We can customize a coating to address just about any problem that may come up during the development and design stage of a medical device," explains Suzanne Conroy, group manager for medical coatings. "Our coatings are unique in that they are created without leaving a solvent residue on devices, and they can easily incorporate compounds, drugs, or biomolecules," Conroy adds.
The company's BioLast products include a lubricious and biocompatible coating for medical devices that minimizes tissue trauma, an infection-resistant coating, a hydrophilic coating, a biocompatible dielectric coating, an antithrombogenic coating, an anitencrustation coating used to prevent surface hardening, and an antirestenosis coating.
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