CATHETER TUBING WITH EXTRALUMINAL ANTIMICROBIAL COATING

• Main Author: Shevgoor, Siddarth K
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.06.2023
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

The invention relates to a catheter tubing comprising (i) an outer surface having a circumference, (ii) strips of radiopaque material that extend along the length of the catheter tubing, (iii) an antimicrobial coating applied to the outer surface in a pattern such that the pattern does not cover the entire circumference of the outer surface, wherein the pattern comprises a plurality of stripes that are formed on the outer surface by passing the catheter tubing through a die after the antimicrobial coating is applied over the entire circumference of the outer surface, and wherein the plurality of stripes of the pattern run substantially parallel with the strips of the radiopaque material.