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December 21st, 2011 |
Plasma Surface Modification — Biomedical Applications
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December 20th, 2011 |
Synthetic materials such as plastics are commonly used in biomedical applications. However, because of their incompatibility within human body, they may be limited in usage or cause adverse physiological reactions such as thrombosis formation, inflammation and infection. Plasma surface modified materials can achieve biocompatibility and/or enhance their performance without changing their bulk properties.
Some biomedical applications include:
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Creating chemically active functional groups to improve interfacial adhesion for printing, bonding and interconnection of two parts. Common applications include pretreatment for catheters, syringe components, dialysis pump parts and plastic films for blood and drug bags.
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Tailoring surface energies such as hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces on polymers to enhance performance of the devices. Surfaces can also be specifically engineered to modify protein absorption and improve blood compatibility.
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Activating polymeric implant material surface to be biocompatible. Improving bonding of antithrombogenic and antimicrobial coatings increases device biocompatibility.
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Crosslinking within the material to increase hardness and chemical resistance.
The plasma process offers flexibility, effectiveness, repeatability, safety and environmental friendliness when compared to other methods.
Matt
Product Manager
LubriLAST™ — Fast Facts
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November 17th, 2011 |
Here at AST Products, we’re in the business of keeping things thin so here is a brief outline of our most popular medical coating:
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LubriLAST™ is a simple, patented water-based hydrophilic coating technology that overcomes many of the physical and processing limitations of current hydrophilic coatings. It produces a superior interpenetrating network type of lubricious coating that is slippery when wet.
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LubriLAST™ coatings are lubricious, aqueous, durable, biocompatible and flexible.
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LubriLAST™ coatings have been approved by the FDA and are in use worldwide.
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LubriLAST™ coatings can be applied to virtually any medical device with applications in the fields of urology, cardiology, neurology and diagnostics.
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LubriLAST™ can also be modified to exhibit other value-enhancing properties such as antimicrobial and haemocompatibility characteristics, or reduced protein and cell adhesion.
Questions? Open a discussion on our forum and I will be happy to answer!
Matt
Product Manager
Introducing…the Forum
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October 5th, 2011 |
Hi all!
AST Products, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of a Discussion Forum to its company website as a platform for discussing issues specifically related to surface modification. You’ll notice a new “Forums” link has been added to the footer of every page. Simply register as a member to start new threads for any questions, comments or industry insight you may have that is useful to the community. We hope that this forum will be a helpful and informative tool that will encourage discussion between engineers and scientists.
We welcome you to join today!
Matt
Product Manager
Checking In
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September 29th, 2011 |
Hello again!
As you can probably tell, our “One a Day” Challenge for the entire month of August was a pretty tall task so we decided use the month of September to take a breather to allow our new and current readers a chance to watch the collection.
Anyways, Matt is off to La Jolla, CA to attend the Contact Lens Manufacturers Association’s (CLMA) Annual Meeting and Exposition. It’s the CLMA’s 50th Golden Anniversary Celebration which is a pretty significant milestone. For those of you not familiar with the CLMA, its mission is to increase awareness and utilization of custom manufactured contact lenses. For those of you who are aware and will be in attendance, be sure to seek Matt out and say hi!
Finally, next week we will be introducing the latest addition to our website that we hope will continue to build our online community. Be sure to follow up as you’re not going to want to miss out!
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 23
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August 31st, 2011 |
LAST DAY! Thanks for watching!
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 22
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August 30th, 2011 |
Interested in our Contract Services? Find out more:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 21
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August 29th, 2011 |
A brief overview of our Medical Coatings:
Chanel
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“One a Day” Challenge – Day 20
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August 26th, 2011 |
Introducing our production scale plasma system, the PS350:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 19
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August 25th, 2011 |
Taking a closer look at the PJ footprint:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 18
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August 24th, 2011 |
The versatility of the PJ Benchtop Plasma System:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 17
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August 23rd, 2011 |
Taking a closer look at our Plasma Software:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 16
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August 22nd, 2011 |
Introducing our PJ Benchtop Plasma System:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 15
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August 19th, 2011 |
A closer look at the VCA 3000s™:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 14
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August 18th, 2011 |
Using the Heated Syringe with the VCA Optima™:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 13
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August 17th, 2011 |
Using the Heated Environmental Chamber with the VCA Optima™:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 12
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August 16th, 2011 |
Exporting data from the VCA Optima™:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 11
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August 15th, 2011 |
Measuring Contact Angles of multiple substrates using the VCA Optima™:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 10
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August 12th, 2011 |
Calculating Surface Energy with the SE-2500 Software on the VCA Optima™ XE:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 9
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August 11th, 2011 |
Measuring Contact Angles with different sized droplets using the VCA Optima™:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 8
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August 10th, 2011 |
Conducting a Pendant Drop using the VCA Optima™ XE:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One A Day” Challenge – Day 7
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August 9th, 2011 |
Using the Dynamic Capture feature on the VCA Optima™ XE:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 6
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August 8th, 2011 |
Getting familiar with the SPC Software on the VCA Optima™:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 5
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August 5th, 2011 |
Measuring contact angle automatically using the AutoFAST feature on the VCA Optima™:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
“One a Day” Challenge – Day 4
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August 4th, 2011 |
A how-to on adjusting the lighting of the VCA Optima™:
Chanel
Marketing Assistant
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