Table 1.
Description of the commercial coatings.
| Company | Coatings | Hydrophilic or Hydrophobic | Charged | Main Structure | General Coating Process |
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| AST | HydroLAST | Slightly hydrophilic | Positive | ND | Dip Coated |
| Negative | ND | Dip Coated | |||
| Neutral | ND | Dip Coated | |||
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| BioCoat | Hydak B-23KX2/L-578 | Hydrophilic | Negative | Hyaluronic Acid | Dip Coated |
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| Hydromer | 7-TS-13 | Hydrophilic | Neutral | Polyvinylpyrrolidone | Dip Coated |
| Aqua65JL | Hydrophilic | Neutral | Polyvinylpyrrolidone | Dip Coated | |
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| IST | Philix | Hydrophilic | ND | SiO2 | Vacuum Vapor Delivery |
| Hydrophilic | ND | PEG | Vacuum Vapor Delivery | ||
| Hydrophilic | ND | Al2O3 | Vacuum Vapor Delivery | ||
| Repellix | Super-hydrophobic | ND | ND | Vacuum Vapor Delivery | |