Coatings Development with Biocoat

Biocoat team members are skilled in guiding you to the most appropriate coating for your application. However, if your coating needs are not met by one of our standard hydrophilic coatings, Biocoat can help you develop a coating to suit your needs.

The HYDAK ® Platform

More than a brand name, the HYDAK system is a platform which can adapt surfaces for attachment to a number of different molecular end groups and/or pendant chains. Specifically, HYDAK basecoats, with the help of proprietary crosslinking agents, can covalently attach a large array of chemical species with -OH, -NH, -SH, and -COOH groups.

Help us understand your needs

To harness the power of our platform, Biocoat team members will work with you to build up a list of requirements and specifications. What aspects of the coating are most important to your project? Possibilities are:

  • A higher degree of durability
  • Enhanced lubricity
  • Adherence to difficult substrates
  • Low cost
  • An easy process
  • Antimicrobial activity
  • Targeted tissue integration
  • A combination of properties

What is possible using this Platform?

Coatings can be tailored for desired applications. This can include:

  • Heparin coatings
  • Coatings with other glycosaminoglycans, such as Chondroitin
  • Collagen coatings
  • Other covalently bound proteins such as RGD

With extra development, coatings for advanced applications can utilize the HYDAK Platform. These applications can include:

  • Silver releasing coatings
  • Anti-biofilm coatings
  • Drug releasing coatings

The Coatings Development Process

For customers that need innovative coating solutions and understand the challenges associated with creating a brand new coating, Biocoat may partner with them to co-develop the product. Contact us to ask about collaboration in the form of a Development Agreement with set milestones and time lines.

What should you know before starting?

Coating development is challenging, educational, and arduous. Those considering this must have long term goals in mind. Nearly all considerations for development and choice of hydrophilic coatings apply. If the coating is intended for other applications aside from hydrophilic lubricious ones, there will be additional considerations dependent upon the desired indication.