Medical Coatings
Freudenberg Medical is a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for drug-device combination products (DDCP), specialty coated medical devices and components, and functional coatings including hydrophilic coatings.
With a proven track record backed by more than 25 years of 360° expertise, we provide advanced coating design, product and process development, regulatory strategy, and volume production of DDCP and specialty coated components.
HEMOTEQ® is our well established
product brand for drug coatings.
LUBRITEQ™ is the brand for our
advanced hydrophilic coatings solutions.
Consistency and Reliability.
Guaranteed.
Medical device companies often struggle to achieve reliable, uniform coatings that enhance performance without compromising biocompatibility or durability. Balancing regulatory requirements, precision application, and long-term adhesion, especially on complex geometries, can present significant technical and manufacturing challenges.
Drug-Device Combination Products
Our coatings reliably and precisely deliver a wide range of active pharmaceutical ingredients with a specified release profile that ensures optimal clinical performance.
We have extensive experience in customization and volume production of DDCP such as drug eluting stents, drug coated balloons, drug delivery coatings of non-vascular implants and devices.
Drug Delivery Coatings
Playing a vital role in implants and biosensors by enabling localized, controlled release of therapeutic agents directly at the target site, for example for cochlear implants that improves hearing for patients who suffer from severe hearing loss from inner-ear damage.
The application of suitable drug delivery coatings can improve efficacy and reduce systemic side effects. These coatings must be precisely engineered to maintain biocompatibility, ensure adhesion to device surfaces, and achieve consistent release profiles over time.
Hydrophilic Coating Solutions
Our advanced UV hydrophilic coating technology is designed to reduce surface friction and deliver exceptional lubricity for minimally-invasive medical devices. A single-step coating process ensures precise control of coating thickness for superior durability and uniformity. Benefits include low particle generation in the human body as well as long-lasting wetting that improves navigability and reduces patient trauma.
The choice is yours: You can either purchase the coating from us as a powder or solution and apply it to your devices in-house, or we can coat them for you at one of our facilities in the U.S., Ireland, or Germany. Royalty-free models and rapid feasibility studies ensure shorter development times and complete cost control. Technical services round out our offering and guarantee efficient production throughout the entire product lifecycle.
Surface Modifications
We tailor surface properties of medical devices and components to our customers’ needs. Properties include:
- Wettability
- Reduced friction
- Anti-tack
- Controlled drug release
We utilize various technologies to achieve our aims. This includes altering surface coatings, physically (e.g. microstructuring); additive processes that modify surface (e.g. plasma treatment), and also coating & finish (dipping, spraying, and the proprietary drop-drag-coating processes).
AI-enhanced visuals of the micro-crystalline surface of a drug-coated balloon
Custom Coating
The excipient and drug coating formulation that we develop inhouse is protected by our intellectual property, undergoing significant testing and multiple production phases in their development.
Additional patents and team knowledge accrued over more than 25 years, help provide peace of mind to customers utilizing our technology.
Automation
We have developed best-in-class coating machines that use automated elements to ensure consistency, precision and reliability for our customers. This includes the software used, and, where needed, we can calibrate coating settings to ensure repeatability.
Our extended team across Europe and the US is trained to meet exacting standards required to meet customer expectations. Managing this process inhouse ensures time-to-market is accelerated and mitigates supply chain issues.
Services
With 100+ patents, we support our customers across a range of coating-related services that include:
- Coating design
- Design for Manufacturability (DfM)
- Coating process development & scale-up
- Iterative prototyping, pilot production
- Design verification & process validation
- Interface services for external testing
- Interface services for preclinical testing
- Regulatory support
- Volume coating production capacity
- Coating technology transfer
- Coating and assembly of finished devices
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Industry Expertise
Freudenberg Medical has +25 years experience as a leading CDMO for device drug combination products and specialty coated medical devices and components.
Technology
We hold more than 100 patents for drug and functional coatings, as well as the corresponding coating technologies, enabling safe and reliable application across nearly all materials used in medical technology.
Network
Through the acquisition of Hemoteq in 2015, Freudenberg Medical strategically expanded its expertise in medical coatings. The full integration completed in 2025 enables us to offer development, manufacturing, and coating from a single source.
Vertical Integration
Hydrophilic coatings across the entire product life cycle—wherever you need us: Our sites in the U.S., Germany, and Ireland offer the expertise to meet your specific material and coating requirements.
