Patent ID: 8372468

Claim:
A method for forming a lubricious coating on a lead body including an outer surface and at least one lumen having an inner surface, the method comprising: a) contacting the outer surface and the inner surface of the at least one lumen of the lead body with a coating composition comprising a solvent and a silane surface modifying agent having a formula of: wherein: R is selected from the group consisting of unsubstituted and halogen-substituted aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic and linear and branched alkyl-substituted aromatic groups having less than or equal to about fifteen carbons or wherein R is selected from the group consisting of short chain polymers where the number of monomer units ranges from 1 to 15; and R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, alkyl, halogen-substituted alkyl, acyl, acetoxy, alkoxy and acyloxy groups, and combinations thereof; b) contacting the inner surface of the at least one lumen with steam; and c) after contacting the inner surface with steam, curing the coating composition on the outer surface and the inner surface of at least one lumen of the lead body to form a siloxane coating.