Antistatic coatings for plastic vessels
AssigneeSio2 Medical Products, Inc.
InventorsTadashi Yamamoto, Christopher Weikart, John T. Felts, John Berggren
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Abstract
A method of reducing static charge of a plastic container is provided. The method includes providing a PECVD coating of SiCOH, SiOx or SiOH to an external support surface of the container. The PECVD coating reduces static charge of the container compared to a reference container that is essentially identical to the container except that the reference container is uncoated.
Claims20
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A plastic vessel for containing a liquid product, the vessel comprising an inner surface and an external support surface, wherein at least a portion of the external support surface comprises a vapor deposited coating selected from the group consisting of SiCOH, SiOx and SiOH.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.