ComfortCoat® Silverbased Antimicrobial coating offers a range of innovative coatings that can improve the performance of medical devices and reduce the risk of infection. One of the problems associated with the use of temporary invasive catheters is that of tissue trauma, resulting in a high risk of infection. Urological catheters are responsible for around 800.000 Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) in the United States each year.

Our new technology, based on ComfortCoat® coating, combines a silverbased, antimicrobial coating with a lubricious hydrophilic coating. The antimicrobial coating technology can be used on many medical devices including the inner and outer lumen of silicone based Foley catheters.

• Prolonged anti-microbial effectiveness: test and trials demonstrate an excellent activity against a wide variety of bacteria, such as E.coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis and Candida albicans
• Broad bactericidal and bacteristatic activity for at least 30 days
• Less encrustation
• Excellent lubricity and superior durability: reduction of friction-induced damage and reduced adhesion of bacteria to catheter surface
• Adhesion to many substrates: e.g. PVC, Silicon
• Proven biocompatibility: Material Files for our coatings have been submitted to the major regulatory body in the EU
• Manufacturing benefits: UV-cured, a highly reliable coating process provides a consistent coating quality
• State-of-the-art facilities, meeting high quality and compliance standards; these facilities include a dedicated ISO 13485 certified application lab and cGMP manufacturing facilities

• Current applications:
  The anti-microbial coating solution can be used on many medical devices, including the inner and outer lumen of silicone based Foley catheters.
   
• Customized applications:
  As a partner, we provide you with coatings that parallel market development. For specific customer requirements, we are capable of translating your performance requirements for medical devices into new coating materials and fine-tuning coating properties to meet new device design features.