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Medical device for insertion into a body

Assignee: Terumo Corp
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Filing: 1991-10-03
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Granted: 1993-07-20
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Expires: 2011-10-03
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Abstract

Abstract A medical device for insertion into a body, wherein a part of a substrate thereof destined to be inserted into the body is furnished with a coating of a polymer manifesting lubricity in a wetted state and a part of said substrate destined substantially not be inserted into the body is furnished with said polymer coating treated for divestiture of lubricity.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hiraku Murayama
  • 👤 Naofumi Okajima

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 08:24
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L29/00; A61L29/08; A61L29/085; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31573; Y10T428/31576; Y10T428/31725; Y10T428/31736; Y10T428/31786; Y10T428/31794; Y10T428/31797; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31913; Y10T428/3192

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 78 words
A medical device for insertion into a body, said medical device including a basal part for manipulating the medical device, said medical device comprising a substrate that is entirely coated with a hydrophilic polymer coating, the hydrophilic polymer coating on said basal part being treated with an isocyanate prepolymer to reduce hydrophilicity and to increase the frictional resistance and the manipulability of the basal part of the medical device without generating lubricity even when wetted with a liquid.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 78 words
A medical device for insertion into a body, said medical device including a basal part for manipulating the medical device, said medical device comprising a substrate that is entirely coated with a hydrophilic polymer coating, the hydrophilic polymer coating on said basal part being treated with an isocyanate prepolymer to reduce hydrophilicity and to increase the frictional resistance and the manipulability of the basal part of the medical device without generating lubricity even when wetted with a liquid.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
A medical device according to claim 1, wherein said hydrophilic polymer coating is a maleic anhydride type polymer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 24 words
A medical device according to claim 2, wherein said maleic anhydride type polymer is a partial alkyl ester of a methylvinyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 30 words
A medical device according to claim 1, wherein said polymer coating is deposited by virtue of covalent bond with a reactive functional group present on the surface of said substrate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 16 words
A medical device according to claim 1, wherein said substrate is fabricated of an organic polymer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 29 words
A medical device according to claim 5, wherein said organic polymer is one member selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride resin, polyurethane resin, polyamide latex, and polyesters.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 85 words
A medical device for insertion into a body that includes a basal part for manipulating the medical device, said medical device comprising a substrate that is entirely coated with a partial alkyl ester of a methyl vinyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymer, the coating on said basal part being treated with an isocyanate prepolymer to reduce the hydrophilicity of the basal part and to increase the manipulability and frictional resistance of the basal part of the medical device without generating lubricity even when wetted with a liquid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 85 words
A medical device for insertion into a body that includes a basal part for manipulating the medical device, said medical device comprising a substrate that is entirely coated with a partial alkyl ester of a methyl vinyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymer, the coating on said basal part being treated with an isocyanate prepolymer to reduce the hydrophilicity of the basal part and to increase the manipulability and frictional resistance of the basal part of the medical device without generating lubricity even when wetted with a liquid.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 14 words
A medical device according to claim 7, wherein said medical device is a catheter.

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