Hydromer, Inc. operates as a polymer research and development company. The company engages in developing polymeric complexes for commercial use in the medical, commercial, cosmetics, and animal health markets.
The company owns various process and applications patents for Hydromer coatings (Hydromer). It has also been issued patents for permanent anti-fog materials, hydrophilic polyurethane foams, hydrophilic polyurethane blends, hydrophilic polyvinylbutyral alloys, various biocompatible hydroge...
Hydromer, Inc. operates as a polymer research and development company. The company engages in developing polymeric complexes for commercial use in the medical, commercial, cosmetics, and animal health markets.
The company owns various process and applications patents for Hydromer coatings (Hydromer). It has also been issued patents for permanent anti-fog materials, hydrophilic polyurethane foams, hydrophilic polyurethane blends, hydrophilic polyvinylbutyral alloys, various biocompatible hydrogels, and an anti-bacterial medical material. The company evaluates other new market opportunities for its polymer technology primarily in neurology and cardiology.
The company also owns various trademarks, including AQUAMERE, a cosmetic intermediate with water resistant film forming properties; AQUATRIX, a cosmetic hydrogel; BIOSEARCH, medical device product lines; Dermaseal, a dermal barrier film product for the prevention of contact dermatitis; DRAGONHYDE, hoof enhancement products; HYDROMER, hydrophilic and hydrophobic coatings; Sea-Slide, a coating for watercraft hulls; and T-HEXX, a barrier teat dip product group for the prevention of mastitis in dairy animals.
MEDICAL
The company’s coatings technologies include its hydrophilic lubricious coatings, biostatic/anti-microbial coatings, cell anti-mitosis and anti-thrombogenic coatings, and cell adhesion promoting coatings. It offers two new coatings, such as a cell adhesion promoting coating and its third generation anti-microbial coating. The company’s hydrogel technology allows for the stabilization of biomolecules, cell cultures, drugs, and other active substances without damaging external energy sources.
OEM Medical Devices: The company offers 510K/CE marked medical devices on an OEM basis and private label. It produced bipolar coagulation probes; placement catheters and biliary stents; jejunal and enteral feeding accessories; guidewires; biofeedback devices for fecal and urinary incontinence; and other endoscopic accessories.
HYDROMER Coating Services: The company offers coating services, in which it coats third-party devices with its Hydromer coatings. The company’s knowledge in coatings technologies allows it to coat various types of material, such as silicone, stainless steel, Pebax, and polypropylene cost. Global customers are using this service in the urology, cardiology, and neurovascular markets.
R&D and Engineering Services: The company offers prototyping, process development, and small-medium scale coating/ manufacturing services. It also has anti-microbial testing capabilities in-house to perform crucial first developments on the performance of colonization control medical coatings, cosmetic intermediates, and mastitis control products in the T-HEXX Animal Healthcare division.
INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL
Hydromer anti-fog/condensation control is an optically clear coating, which prevents the accumulation of vision-obscuring condensation under high humidity conditions. The company sells this material to manufacturers of greenhouse panels, refrigerator freezer doors, industrial and medical safety and swim goggles, aircraft windows, automotive headlight assemblies, and gauge and meter manufacturers in the U.S. and internationally, including China.
The company also has food grade anti-fog coatings formulated with materials that are recognized as safe for food contact as confirmed by independent laboratory extraction testing. It also offers a Sea-Slide coating that reduces friction between the hull and water, and could be used through various anti-fouling paints.
COSMETICS
The Aquamere series of the company’s cosmetic intermediaries are sold to major cosmetic companies worldwide for use in hair dyes, hair conditioners, mascaras, eye shadows, sunscreens, and body lotions. They are in test for use in shampoos, hair styling aids, OTC dermal drug delivery, and topical disinfectants. The Aquamere series of cosmetic polymer solutions are both aqueous and hydro-alcoholic based systems. They are also offered with cationic and silicone grafted modifications.
The company’s Dermaseal line, a patented film-forming hydrogel technology, is being sold to major cosmetic companies as a base for foundations and other skin care products. It is also being tested for use in skin care, cosmetic, and OTC drug delivery. Dermaseal is the registered trademark for barrier film compositions.
ANIMAL HEALTH
The company’s polymer technology is used to launch the company’s entry into the animal health field to combat clinical and sub-clinical mastitis. The company has received three patents for its barrier teat dip compositions with an application on a fourth patent pending.
The company offers a complementary product, T-HEXX DRY External Teat Protection Sealant, to protect cows during the non-lactation (dry cow) period. T-HEXX DRY is used as a non-irritating low-cost sealant during the dry-off and the critical pre-calving period. Its T-HEXX DRY product is also sold under private-label.
The company offers T-HEXX DRY external teat sealant for organic dairies, including T-HEXX DRY Green-S with natural actives. It also offers a new product line of T-HEXX Syrup concentrated post-milking barrier teat dips, which requires just a blending with water, reducing logistics, and shipping costs to its customers. The company also offers T-HEXX DRY Naturel External Teat Sealant, a triclosan-free external teat sealant for dry cows, Sani-Spray non-barrier dips and sprays, and Dragonhyde Hoof Bath Concentrate.
Patents and Trademarks
As of June 30, 2012, the company has six U.S. patents, two U.S. applications, and various foreign counterparts. The company owns the registered trademarks, such as Aquamere, Aquatrix, Biosearch, Dermaseal, Dragonhyde, a dragon logo, Hydromer, Sea-Slide, and T-HEXX in the United States and other countries.
Government Regulations
The uses of the company's medical, animal health, and cosmetic products come under the jurisdiction of the FDA, as well as other federal, state, and local agencies, and similar agencies in other countries.
History
Hydromer, Inc. was founded as a New Jersey corporation in 1980.
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