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Anti-infective and antithrombogenic medical articles and method for their preparation
Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Co
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Filing: 1990-03-21
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Granted: 1991-05-07
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Expires: 2010-03-21
Abstract
Abstract An anti-infective medical article has chlorhexidine bulk distributed throughout a polyurethane base layer and may have a coating layer on the base layer. The coating layer may be chlorhexidine permeated into the surface or it may be an antibiotic, antithrombogenic agent or a polymeric surface layer laminated onto the base layer. The invention includes a method for preparing the article wherein a homogeneous melt of polymer and chlorhexidine is prepared by twin screw compounding and the melt is extruded to give a medical article having bulk distributed chlorhexidine.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald D. Solomon
- 👤 M. Parke Byron
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 12:09
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L29/00; A61L29/04; A61L29/06; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/0043; A61M2025/0056
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
47 words
A medical article comprising a polymeric base layer having a water absorption of at least 0.6% by weight and a coating thereon, said base layer having chlorhexidine bulk distributed throughout and said coating being selected from the group consisting of chlorhexidine, an antibiotic and an antithrombogenic agent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
47 words
A medical article comprising a polymeric base layer having a water absorption of at least 0.6% by weight and a coating thereon, said base layer having chlorhexidine bulk distributed throughout and said coating being selected from the group consisting of chlorhexidine, an antibiotic and an antithrombogenic agent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said chlorhexidine is selected from the group consisting of chlorhexidine base and a chlorhexidine salt.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The article of claim 2 wherein said salt of chlorhexidine is selected from the group consisting of the hydrochloride, acetate and gluconate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said base layer is selected from the group of polymers consisting of polyurethane, siloxane-urethane block copolymer and polyurethaneurea.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The article of claim 1 wherein the concentration of said chlorhexidine is about 0.1 to 10.0% by weight.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
A medical article comprising a polymer having a water absorption of at least 0.6% by weight and having an anti-infective agent selected from the group consisting of a biquanide and silver sulfadiazine bulk distributed throughout.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
A medical article comprising a polymer having a water absorption of at least 0.6% by weight and having an anti-infective agent selected from the group consisting of a biquanide and silver sulfadiazine bulk distributed throughout.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
10 words
The article of claim 6 wherein said biquanide is chlorhexidine.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
73 words
A medical article comprising a polyurethane base layer having a water absorption of at least 0.6% by weight and a coating layer thereon, said base layer having about 0.1 to 10% by weight of a salt of chlorhexidine bulk distributed throughout, said coating layer being selected from the group consisting of a chlorhexidine salt, an antibiotic, an antithrombogenic agent and a laminating polymer having a water absorption of at least 0.6% by weight.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
73 words
A medical article comprising a polyurethane base layer having a water absorption of at least 0.6% by weight and a coating layer thereon, said base layer having about 0.1 to 10% by weight of a salt of chlorhexidine bulk distributed throughout, said coating layer being selected from the group consisting of a chlorhexidine salt, an antibiotic, an antithrombogenic agent and a laminating polymer having a water absorption of at least 0.6% by weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
9 words
The article of claim 8 which is a catheter.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said coating further comprises a second polymer having a water absorption of at least 0.6% by weight and at least one of said chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine bulk distributed therein.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The article of claim 10 wherein said coating of antithrombogenic agent is on said second polymer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
58 words
A medical article comprising a polymeric base layer and a polymeric laminating layer thereon, said base and laminating layer having a water absorption of at least 0.6% by weight, said base and laminating layers having about 0.1 to 10% by weight of a salt of chlorhexidine bulk distributed throughout, said laminating layer having an antithrombogenic agent coated thereon.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
58 words
A medical article comprising a polymeric base layer and a polymeric laminating layer thereon, said base and laminating layer having a water absorption of at least 0.6% by weight, said base and laminating layers having about 0.1 to 10% by weight of a salt of chlorhexidine bulk distributed throughout, said laminating layer having an antithrombogenic agent coated thereon.
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