Biocoat and Agion to Develop and Co-market Coatings for Medical Devices.
Biocoat, Inc., maker of lubricious HYDAK® hydrophilic coatings, and Agion Technologies, the worldwide leader in natural silver-based antimicrobial solutions, today announced a co-marketing agreement to develop and promote a coatings product line featuring Agion's antimicrobial protection for ...Blog Launched to Discuss Developments in Hydrophilic Coatings for Medical Devices
Biocoat, Inc., Horsham, PA announced that a new Hydrophilic Coatings blog has recently been created and linked to the company's website that provides a forum where medical device manufacturers and designers can go to find the latest developments in device coating technologies and post informatio...E6 Ventures Invests in Novel Coatings Developer, Diamond Hard Surfaces Ltd
ASCOT, England, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- E6 Ventures has agreed to participate in the next round of funding in Diamond Hard Surfaces Ltd. Set up in 2005 by its chief technical officer, Sergey Aleksandrov, Diamond Hard Surfaces is a high technology company that has developed a low temperature pr...Drug Eluting Nanostructured Coatings Enable Targeted Drug Therapy for Orthopedic Patients
Drug delivery systems have progressed from the teaspoon to time-release capsules to drug-eluting stents . Nanotechnology promises yet another advance by delivering therapeutic agents at desired rates exactly where needed in the body. In a paper presented at the NSTI Nanotech 2007 Confere...DSM Announces SafeBridge(R) Potent Compound Safety Certification
...re sustainable and more enjoyable way of life. End markets include human and animal nutrition and health, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, coatings and paint, electrics and electronics, life protection and housing. DSM has annual sales of almost EUR 8.8 billion and employs some 23,000 people worl...Plainview Milk Products Cooperative Institutes New Policies and Procedures
...duct processing equipment in question for cleaning and has implemented other precautionary remedial measures such as the use of anti-microbial surface coatings in order to ensure environmental safety. Company officials are working with an environmental consultant and their chemical supplier to review all of t...UGA researchers achieve breakthrough in effort to develop tiny biological fuel cells
... Engineering. "The structure of the film resembles a toothbrush, where the chains of conjugated polymers are like the bristles. We call these types of coatings polymer brushes. To get chains to pack tightly in extended conformations, they must be grown from the surface, a method we call the 'grafting from' ap...MicroGuard(TM) Antimicrobial Alloys Kill 99.9% of MRSA Bacteria
...a multi-faceted approach to reduce hospital-acquired infections," said Tom Bobish, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at PMX. "Unlike antimicrobial coatings which cannot claim to kill infectious bacteria, the antimicrobial properties of MicroGuard will not wear away or be rubbed off. The antibacterial effi...DSM Announces Yield Boosts of 5-10 Fold With XD(R) Technology for Mammalian Manufacturing Platforms
...ore sustainable and more enjoyable way of life. End markets include human and animal nutrition and health, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, coatings and paint, electrical and electronics, life protection and housing. DSM has annual net sales of EUR 9.3 billion and employs some 23,500 people worldwi...DSM Obtains Exclusive World-Wide License for Innovative Drug Delivery Technology
...ore sustainable and more enjoyable way of life. End markets include human and animal nutrition and health, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, coatings and paint, electrical and electronics, life protection and housing. DSM has annual net sales of EUR 9.3 billion and employs some 23,500 people worldwi...DSM and LibraGen Sign Agreement to Co-Develop Transaminases for Production of Chiral Amines
...ore sustainable and more enjoyable way of life. End markets include human and animal nutrition and health, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, coatings and paint, electrics and electronics, life protection and housing. DSM has annual sales of almost EUR 8.8 billion and employs some 23,000 people world...In Blood Vessel Stents, Innovative Materials Allow Better Control, Delivery of Gene Therapy
...ood vessels to improve circulation, may be made of bare metal or may have a coating of polymers that release drugs. Neither type is ideal. Polymer coatings cause inflammation in vessels, which may lead to new bottlenecks at the same time the coating releases drugs meant to reduce vessel injury. Bare metal...Ceragenix Announces Ceragenins Virtually Prevent Catheter Biofilm Formation in 21 Day Study
...nins (or CSAs). Active against a broad range of gram positive and negative bacteria, these agents are being developed as anti-infective medical device coatings and as therapeutics for antibiotic-resistant organisms. Ceragenix also owns exclusive rights to Barrier Repair Technology for the treatment of dermato...Presentations at American College of Cardiology Meeting Highlight New Opportunities for HDL Therapy
... may have a major impact on reducing the risk of acute coronary events. The Company's Viral Immunotherapy platform focuses on the removal of the lipid coatings from lipid-enveloped viruses and other lipid-containing infectious agents by applying Lipid Sciences' proprietary delipidation technologies. The Compa...Ceragenix Announces New Publication of Scientific Research on Ceragenin Technology
...(TM) (or CSAs). Active against a broad range of gram positive and negative bacteria, these agents are being developed as anti-infective medical device coatings (Ceracides(TM)) and as therapeutics for antibiotic-resistant organisms. Ceragenix also owns exclusive rights to Barrier Repair Technology for the trea...Velo Aculens 186UV Lens Analyzer
Description:...he easy to read graphical display you can demonstrate the level of UV protection your patients have or dont have in their lenses. The importance of UV coatings and lens treatments can be explained to your patients in detail; enhancing customer satisfaction, while at the same time assisting you in providing th...Microplate Washers - EL401 Manual Washer
Features:...verflow protection for flat and U-bottom polystyrene microplates. Continuous aspiration and user controllable dispense valve. All chemically-resistant coatings and materials; readily cleaned and completely autoclavable....Corrosion-inhibiting coatings containing 'good' bacteria
A new, environmentally friendly coating that protects metals against corrosion in seawater has been developed by a team of researchers from Sheffield Hallam University. At the Society for General Microbiology meeting in Harrogate today, (Monday 30 March), Jeanette Gittens and colleagues described ...University researchers to develop coatings that kill superbugs
Researchers at the University of Bath are to be part of a 3 million Europe-wide research collaboration to pioneer research into safer, more effective anti-bacterial plastics and coatings that can be used in items such as food packaging, medical devices to wound dressings, and nappies. The Bath ...Ultra-fine coatings on sediment grains influence nitrate and sulfate storage in soil
Madison, WI, February 24, 2009 | Tiny sediment grains are covered with a very fine-grained, complex mixture of minerals in an open fabric that results in a large surface area in contact with water between the grains. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are studying this microscopic lay...New polymer coatings prevent corrosion, even when scratched
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Imagine tiny cracks in your patio table healing by themselves, or the first small scratch on your new car disappearing by itself. This and more may be possible with self-healing coatings being developed at the University of Illinois. The new coatings are designed to better protec...Edible coatings will be the packaging of the future
The growing demand by consumers for healthier and more ecological foods has driven researchers to develop new systems of packaging that prolong the useful life of the products and that are, at the same time, recyclable. Protection is currently carried out with a mixture of synthetic chemical compou...Antibacterial coatings cut infection rates
Putting antibacterial coatings on hip and knee implants and biomedical devices such as catheters could cut infection rates following surgery and significantly reduce health care costs and improve quality of life for patients, researchers at the University of South Australia have found. A signific...DOE-funded research projects win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009
...peed up the exposure of coatings, paints and other materials to determine their durability and resistance to weathering. Industry applications include coatings used for solar panels as well as paints or finishes used on homes, cars or even bridges. The UAWS provides test results 12 times faster than other ac...New way to make sensors that detect toxic chemicals
...is nickel oxide, which has unusual electrical properties. Other labs are studying nickel oxide for use in batteries, fuel cells, solar cells, and even coatings that change color. But Morris, along with Ohio State doctoral student Elvin Beach, is more interested in how nickel oxide's electrical conductance ...Can a new implant coating technique create a new six million dollar man?
...ace chemistry, structure and morphology of our new coatings resemble biological material," explains Prof. Elia...ompared the performance of the Tel Aviv University coatings to those of current commercial coatings. Givi...z's advance is in the application technique of the coatings rather than the elements used in the...Research explores interactions between nanomaterials, biological systems
...hange the properties of the nanomaterials and the ways in which they interact in the body can provide valuable information on how to alter the protein coatings to allow for targeted delivery of nanomaterials to specific tissues, such as in cancer treatments. Physicochemical properties such as size, charge...Change in Medicare and Medicaid Legislation Creates Market for Antimicrobial Coatings In the U.S.
- Kline Report on Smart Coatings Cites Immediate Opportunities in Antimicrobial Coatings, Cool Paint, and Smart Glass - LITTLE FALLS, N.J., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The recent announcement by Medicare and Medicaid that they will no longer reimburse expenses related to most hospital-a...SRNL to study applicability of solar cell coatings
A project under way at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory will study how special coatings that mimic structures found in nature can increase the usefulness of solar energy as a vital part of the nation's future energy strategy. Working with Peng Jiang of the Univ...Nanotech particles affect brain development in mice
...properties. While larger TiO2 particles are commonly used in paints and sunblocks, nanoparticles of TiO2 are specially created for new applications in coatings and self-cleaning surfaces and their effects on living tissue are only beginning to be understood. It should be noted that this gene expression data c...NIH funds support UAB joint replacement research
...ir coating technology. Working with the multi-million dollar simulators should strongly indicate how well the team's nanostructured multilayer diamond coatings reduce the friction and wear on the metal components of orthopaedic devices, Vohra said. The team also will be able to examine the cellular and tissue...Nanobiotech Center Wins $2.5 Million, 4-Year Grant
...nies in North Carolina are already working on nanoparticles that treat disease by carrying new genes to certain cells, and sunlight-powered nano-scale coatings that kill microbes on hard surfaces and fabrics. The four-year award to COIN builds on a $100,000 planning grant given by the Biotechnology Cent...New nanotube coating enables novel laser power meter
...ades. In recent years, NIST researchers have experimented with a variety of coatings made of nanotubes because they offer an unusual combination of desirable pr...ng,* which absorbs light efficiently, is more stable than some conventional coatings such as carbon black, and resists laser damage as effectively as commercial...LVF Kit: LVF-HL, LVF-CUV-ADP, FHS-LVF, CVD-DIFFUSE from Ocean Optics
Description:...gth and adjustable bandpass. Each filter features an excellent transmission band (~90%) and blocking band (99.8%). These filters -- with interference coatings applied to 57 mm x 10 mm quartz substrates -- are especially useful for spectrally shaping the excitation energy from broadband sources used for fluor...LVF Kit: LVF-UV-HL, LVF-CUV-ADP, FHS-LVF, CVD-DIFFUSE from Ocean Optics
Description:...gth and adjustable bandpass. Each filter features an excellent transmission band (~90%) and blocking band (99.8%). These filters -- with interference coatings applied to 57 mm x 10 mm quartz substrates -- are especially useful for spectrally shaping the excitation energy from broadband sources used for fluor...AAIBiotech Solutions from AAIPharma Inc.
Description:...ring for solutions, powders, emulsions and lyophilized injectables, oral liquids, oral capsules, modified release tablets, liposomal delivery systems, coatings and topicals Comprehensive analytical services Stability management and GMP storage in US and EU Formulation and manufacture of clinical tri...