Patent ID: 8377461

Claim:
A medical article comprising: (a) a body member; (b) a first biocompatible coating at a first surface portion of the body member, the first biocompatible coating comprising polymerization initiator and a first biocompatible agent, the first biocompatible agent including one or more reactive groups, one or more polymerizable groups, or a combination of one or more reactive groups and one or more polymerizable groups; and (c) a second biocompatible coating at a second surface portion of the body member, the second biocompatible coating comprising polymerization initiator and a second biocompatible agent, the second biocompatible agent including one or more reactive groups, one or more polymerizable groups, or a combination of one or more reactive groups and one or more polymerizable groups, wherein the first biocompatible agent and second biocompatible agent are covalently and nonreleasably immobilized in their respective coatings at respective surface portions and are selected to provide different biocompatible functions when the surface portions are in contact with bodily fluids of a patient; wherein the first surface portion and the second surface portion are distinct portions on the body member of the medical article; and wherein the first biocompatible agent and the second biocompatible agent are different biocompatible agents thereby providing different biocompatible functions to the first and the second surface portions of the body member of the article.