Metal coated articles
OwnerPatrick J. McMahoninventor
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Abstract
A transparent container is provided which is coated on the interior surface with a coherent barrier layer of metal. Stainless steel is a preferred barrier coating for glass equipment adapted to contain biological media.
Claims17
A container for biological media comprising a transparent or translucent receptacle having the interior surface coated with a coherent light transmitting barrier layer of metal selected from stainless steel, chromium, gold, nickel, platinum, palladium, vanadium, cadmium, tin, tantalum and tungsten.
A container for biological media which is sufficiently light transmitting for viewing container contents and which has a coherent barrier layer of metal coated on the interior surface, wherein said metal coating is selected from stainless steel, chromium, gold and nickel.
A transparent or translucent receptacle for containing biological fluids which comprises a hollow glass vessel having the interior surface coated with a coherent light transmitting barrier of stainless steel.
A transparent or translucent container for biological fluids having a coherent light transmitting barrier coating of metal on the interior surface, wherein the metal coating is deposited on the surface by a sputtering technique.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.