Parylene Masking: Materials and Methods

Posted by Sean Horn on Fri, Jan 6, 2017

Parylene deposition takes place at the molecular level.  Applied at room temperature through CVD processing, the typical thickness of parylene conformal film is in the microns-range. Advantages of parylene coatings include: Excellent material properties, adhering to a wide range of substrate surfaces, biocompatibility, chemical/corrosion resistance, reliable dielectric performance and thermal sta

Parylene Protects Stents

Posted by Sean Horn on Fri, Dec 16, 2016

Biocompatible parylene conformal coatings provide superior protection for medical stents.  They represent an enabling technology consistently applied to medical devices of all types for 35 years, to diminish problems stemming from surface microporosity and consequent biofluid corrosion after implant.  Providing a reliable barrier to chemicals and moisture, parylene’s static and dynamic coeffic

Parylene Coating Nitinol

Posted by Sean Horn on Fri, Dec 9, 2016

A metal alloy of nickel (Ni) and titanium (Ti), nitinol (NiTi) exhibits the properties of shape memory and superelasticity, which make it very useful for adaptation to conformal coatings.  However, like parylene, nitinol is often difficult and expensive to produce; the extreme reactivity of the alloy’s titanium component requires exceptionally tight compositional control during combination [&he