Knowledge Base

Medical device coatings play a critical role in performance, safety, and durability. Selecting the right coating requires understanding how chemistry, application methods, and substrate preparation interact within a device’s operating environment.

Our Knowledge Base is designed to help engineers and product teams better understand the fundamentals of coatings for medical devices. These resources provide a practical overview of the factors that influence coating performance in surgical, electrosurgical, and advanced medical devices.

Determining Coating Candidates

Introduction to Determining Coating Candidates When determining coating candidates for a medical device, multiple factors must be considered, including compatibility with the device design, use profile, and intended coating function. Coatings are often grouped by function based on their chemistry, and chemical structure does provide a useful starting point for understanding general properties and performance […]

Coating Functions

Introduction to Coating Functions Coatings for medical devices are selected based on how their characteristics align with the functional demands of a given application. Properties such as hardness, dielectric strength, surface energy, and thermal conductivity influence how a coating performs in use, whether that's resisting wear, insulating RF energy, reducing glare, minimizing tissue adhesion, or […]

Coating Selection Considerations

Introduction to Coating Selection Coatings are integral to the design of many medical devices. They are designed to provide a variety of functions, such as managing energy delivery, providing abrasion resistance, reducing glare, offering non-stick properties, and providing thermal isolation, just to name a few. However, coatings are not a one-size-fits-all solution. When selecting a […]