Alan J Toth

US Patent:

20150047725, Feb 19, 2015

Filed:

Mar 21, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/387204

Inventors:

- Tarrytown NY, US
Aarti Kriplani - Roseland NJ, US
Alan R. Toth - Newburgh NY, US
Ruairi Cunningham - Dublin, IE

Assignee:

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. - Tarrytown NY

International Classification:

F17D 1/08
B32B 38/16
B32B 38/00
B32B 37/16
B32B 38/10

US Classification:

137561 R, 428 369, 216 83, 216 33

Abstract:

The present invention discloses a section of tubing including a fluoropolmer tubular body which has an interior surface defining a fluid passage through the tubular body. At least a first portion of the interior surface has a first hydrophobicity which is less than that of the remainder of the tubular body. At least a first portion of the interior surface can have a molar ratio of fluorine to oxygen of no greater than to . Products can include the tubular bodies of the present invention attachable to fluid processing instruments such as immunodiagnostic instruments. The present invention also discloses methods for manufacturing the disclosed tubular bodies.