Biocoat

Based on hyaluronic acid, a natural lubricant found in all body tissues, HYDAK® hydrophilic coatings for medical devices are lubricious, abrasion resistant, non-thombogenic, and biocompatible. Suitable for coating vascular catheters, guide wires and other medical devices, they can be applied to a wide range of polymeric and metallic substrates.

Biocoat, Inc. develops and licenses biomaterial coatings for medical devices that are custom engineered to meet client design parameters. Its specialty is supplying lubricious hydrophilic coatings for medical devices to OEM’s and contract manufacturers. Biocoat is also able to recommend contract coaters or provide limited in-house coating services to aspiring medical device companies that need help with their manufacturing.

Over 14 years ago, Biocoat began collaborating with Yale University School of Medicine, building on the school’s basic discovery of a simple binding test for determining sperm maturity. Based on this research, Biocoat developed the HBA Slide, a sperm building assay and the PICSI Dish, a sperm selection device used in Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI). Both of these products are based on the ability of mature sperm to bind to Hyaluronan (HA). The Reproductive Technology division of Biocoat was created to further develop and market these products. www.hba-picsi.com.