COATING SOLUTIONS COMPRISING SURFACE ACTIVE SEGMENTED BLOCK COPOLYMERS
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1. A method of forming a surface modified medical device, the method comprising:
- providing a medical device having at least one surface;
providing a surface modifying agent comprising a surface active segmented block copolymer; and
contacting the at least one surface of the medical device with the surface modifying agent to form a surface modified medical device.
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Abstract
This invention is directed toward surface treatment of a device. The surface treatment comprises the placing of surface active segmented block copolymers to the surface of the substrate. The present invention is also directed to a surface modified medical device, examples of which include contact lenses, intraocular lenses, vascular stents, phakic intraocular lenses, aphakic intraocular lenses, corneal implants, catheters, implants, and the like, comprising a surface made by such a method.
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1. A method of forming a surface modified medical device, the method comprising:
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providing a medical device having at least one surface; providing a surface modifying agent comprising a surface active segmented block copolymer; and contacting the at least one surface of the medical device with the surface modifying agent to form a surface modified medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29)
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23. A surface modified medical device comprising:
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a medical device; and a surface active segmented block copolymer comprising a hydrophobic unit block comprising vinylically unsaturated polymerizable monomers and a hydrophilic block comprising vinylically unsaturated polymerizable monomers applied to the surface of the medical device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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