SBIR Phase II: ECR (Electron Cyclotron Resonance) Plasma Treatment of Polymer Tubing Such As Catheters

Information

• NSF Award
• 0238947

Owner

• SPIRE CORPORATION

• Award Id

  0238947

• Award Effective Date

  3/15/2003 - 21 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  2/28/2005 - 19 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 474,739.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop new techniques to treat both internal and external surfaces of polymer tubing such as catheters. The treatments will modify the surfaces to facilitate attachment of bioactive coatings, clean, sterilize, or reduce friction; similar processes can also deposit organic or inorganic coatings. Plasmas driven by electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) will treat the lumen and external surfaces more uniformly, and over a greater range of <br/>parameters, than conventional plasmas and can be spatially localized to provide different effects <br/>on each. <br/><br/>The ECR plasma process should be expandable to large-scale, low-cost commercial production <br/>coating and surface modification of catheters. Surface treatments to facilitate attachment of <br/>bioactive coatings to hemodialysis and other catheter types would have societal benefits by <br/>extending the period between catheter replacements clear therapeutic and economic.

• Program Officer

  Rosemarie D. Wesson

• Min Amd Letter Date

  3/6/2003 - 21 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  1/21/2005 - 19 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Spire Corporation

• City

  BEDFORD

• State

  MA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  1 PATRIOTS PARK

• Postal Code

  017302396

• Phone Number

  7812756000

• First Name

  Ward

• Last Name

  Halverson

• Email Address

  whalverson@spirecorp.com

• Start Date

  3/6/2003 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  08/04/2003

• First Name

  Ying Jun

• Last Name

  Du

• Email Address

  ydu@wmrbiomed.com

• Start Date

  1/21/2005 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  James

• Last Name

  Moe

• Email Address

  jmoe@q-rna.com

• Start Date

  8/4/2003 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  01/21/2005

• Name

  Industrial Technology

• Code

  308000