Becton, Dickinson and Company
NITRIC OXIDE AND CHLORHEXIDINE RELEASING CATHETER FOR ANTI-PLATELET AND ANTIMICROBIAL DUAL FUNCTIONALITY

Abstract:

A catheter configured to release nitric oxide and chlorhexidine providing anti-platelet and antimicrobial properties is manufactured by impregnating a thermoplastic polyurethane catheter extrusion with a nitric oxide releasing compound and with chlorhexidine. Thereafter, the impregnated catheter extrusion is coated with a polyurethane coating comprising chlorhexidine and/or a nitric oxide releasing compound. In the impregnating step, the catheter extrusion may be exposed to a solvent having the nitric oxide releasing compound and chlorhexidine dissolved therein. The solvent is removed from the catheter extrusion. In the coating step, the impregnated catheter extrusion may be dip coated in a polymer solution comprising polyurethane and chlorhexidine and/or a nitric oxide releasing compound in a suitable solvent. The nitric oxide releasing compound, impregnated and/or coated, may be selected from s-nitroso-n-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP), s-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), and mixtures thereof. The chlorhexidine, impregnated and/or coated, may be selected from chlorhexidine diacetate, chlorhexidine base, chlorhexidine gluconate, and mixtures thereof.