Britain: BMS expands capabilities for medical coatings development

Chemical News: Britain: BMS expands capabilities for medical coatings development

https://www.chemnet.com Jul 22,2010
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has recently made improvements to its Medical Coatings Development Centre in Sheffield, UK, extending its capacity for feasibility studies and customer development support. The R&D facility is solely dedicated to the Baymedix C portfolio of coatings for medical devices.
Driven by new projects stemming from the recent US and European launches of Baymedix C, the team doubled in size in the past two months. The equipment has been upgraded as well. A new dip-coating instrument allows the treatment of larger customer samples, up to 140 cm in length.

This is especially useful for applying Baymedix CL lubricious coatings onto full-length cardiovascular catheters. Another change is the addition of support for Baymedix CH hydrophilic polyurethane coatings at the Centre. One important addition to the team was hiring a full-time process engineer. This role is intended to assist in the scale-up of manufacturing processes using Baymedix coating products.

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