Hydrophilic coating is a unique surface enhancement technology that uses the body's own fluids to dramatically reduce frictional forces by more than 90%.

Coating thickness

  •  3 to 10 microns
  •  .0001 to .0004 inches

Potential applications:

  • Catheters   • Introducers   • Shunts   • Tubes   
  •  Endoscopes   •  Needles   •  Others

Coated substrates

  •  Polymerics
    - PVC
    - Polyurethane
    - Polystyrene
    - PET
    - PBAX
    - Polyamide
    - Polyimide
    - Polypropylene
    - Polyethylene
    - Silicone
    - Silastic
    - Latex
    - Others

  •  Metallics
    - Stainless Steel
    - Titanium
    - Platinum
    - Nitinol
    - Others

The key advantage of the Hydrophilic coating technology from PRE is
the non-reactive hydrophilic/hydrophobic polymer matrix, 
which is optimized so that better lubricity, flexibility and hydration performance characteristics is achived.