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Publication: Medical Device Technology
Date: Thursday, January 1 2004

SurModics offers a range of surface modification services. The company's PhotoLink technology uses light-activated chemistry to coat medical device substrates and provide a predictable, stable coating with controlled intramatrix crosslinking. The process, which uses no harsh solvents or hazardous chemicals, needs no surface-expanding pretreatments and no expensive environ mental or vacuum-control equipmen

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