Patent ID: 8163302
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: A61L,C08B,C08F

Abstract:
1. A medical device including one or more surfaces coated with a surfactant polymer, the surfactant polymer comprising: a) a polymeric backbone of repeating monomeric units; b) a plurality of hydrophobic side chains comprising from about 2 to about 18 methylene groups, said plurality of hydrophobic side chains being linked to said polymeric backbone by ester linkages, secondary amine linkages, amide linkages, or combinations thereof; and c) a plurality of hydrophilic side chains linked to the polymeric backbone by ester linkages, secondary amine linkages, or amide linkages, or combinations thereof; the hydrophilic side chains selected from the group consisting of: neutral oligosaccharide side chains having an average molecular weight of less than 7000; charged oligosaccharide side chains having an average molecular weight of less than 10,000; an oligopeptide of from about 3 to 30 amino acid residues, said oligopeptide having an amino acid sequence which interacts with protein receptors on the surface of cells; and combinations thereof.