Oxidation-resistant coatings
AssigneeSterilox Technologies International Limited
InventorsAndrew Muir, Walid Abi Aoun, Steven Short
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Abstract
A method is provided for protecting a medical instrument and other articles adapted to be inserted into and removed for re-use from a human or animal body. A temporary coating of an oxidation-resistant material is applied to the instrument or part thereof to protect the instrument or part thereof over at least one sterilizing or disinfecting cycle. A suitable applicator for the coating includes a support medium loaded with the oxidation-resistant material
Claims26
A method of protecting a medical instrument or part thereof adapted to be inserted into and removed for re-use from a human or animal body against an oxidizing sterilizing or disinfecting solution, comprising applying a coating of an oxidation-resistant material, wherein the instrument or part thereof is coated with a temporary coating which protects the instrument or part thereof over at least one sterilizing or disinfecting cycle.
An applicator for applying a temporary coating of an oxidation-resistant material to a medical instrument or part thereof, the instrument or part thereof being adapted to be inserted into and removed for re-use from a human or animal body, the applicator comprising a support medium loaded with the oxidation-resistant material.
. The applicator according to claim 14, packaged in a sealed wrapping.
A medical instrument or part thereof adapted to be inserted into and removed for re-use from a human or animal body, wherein the medical instrument or part thereof is coated with a temporary coating of polytetrafluoroethylene.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.