Surface modified surgical instruments, devices, implants, contact lenses and the like

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PATENT NO 5100689
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07592482

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Improved medical devices and instruments prepared by an improved method of producing hydrophilic, gamma-irradiation or electron beam-irradiation induced polymerized and chemically grafted coatings or plastic surfaces of articles adapted for contacting living tissue,the improvement comprising carrying out the graft polymerization in an aqueous solution under specific combinations of the following conditions: 1) monomer concentration in the range of from about 0.1% to about 50%, by weight; 2) total gamma or electron beam irradiation dose in the range of from about 0.001 to less than about 0.50 Mrad; and 3) gamma dose rate in the range of from about 10 to about 2500 rads/min or electron beam-irradiation dose rate in the range of from about 10 to about 10.sup.8 rads/min.

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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH INC223 GRINTER HALL GAINESVILLE FL 32611

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Burns, James W Holliston, MA 22 1179
Goldberg, Eugene P Gainesville, FL 43 2432
Kumar, G Sudesh Maharastra, IN 5 397
Larson, Jeffrey A Santa Barbara, CA 6 541
Osborn, David C Manchester, MO 3 414
Robinson, Richard Gainesville, FL 37 1483
Sheets, John W Pasadena, CA 8 595
Yahiaoui, Ali Gainesville, FL 101 3666

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