About us
Coatings2go, LLC is an affiliate of Surface Solutions Labs Inc., a company with a proven track record of providing high quality, innovative coating products and solutions to the medical device industry, and is targeted at providing a wide variety of coating solutions to our clients directly, in a speedy and cost effective manner through a combination of patented and non-patented product offerings, packaging options, and secure and fast online ordering and shipping. This means our customers can find a solution to their coating needs and have a sample shipped to them, ready to test, in less time, and at a lower cost than it would normally take to even get started with all the CDA/NDA, licensing and royalty hassles and expenses of existing methods.
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About the President/CEO
Margaret Palmer Opolski (Peg) has over 30 years experience in the formulation and application of coatings and adhesives in the medical device, automotive, textile, construction and recreational industries for Fortune 500 companies.
Her background includes a master's degree in Polymer Chemistry, patents, journal publications and patent pending. She has been a featured speaker at MDM and Coated Fabrics and Films events.
She has a multi-disciplined technical support network available in the areas of plastics, metals, coating and adhesive resins, formulating additives, films and fibers.
SPE's Annual Technical Conference(ANTEC), May 1-5, 2005 in Boston:
Medical Plastics Keynote Speaker - Tuesday May 3
Medical Device Coatings – Getting Back to Basics
Ninety percent of the products in the world are coated in order to derive functional or aesthetic properties. Medical devices have long employed coatings to improve device performance, and patient comfort and health. Specific applications include drug delivery, and hydrophilic, antimicrobial, and antithrombogenic coatings, to name a few. The keynote address highlighted the basics of coating technologies, economics, and intellectual property considerations, while case studies aided in the illustrating these major criteria. |
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Patents and Publications:
SurfACTS in Biomaterials 4 issue2 1999 Organ-SeleniumCovalently Attached for Blocking Biofilm
Gene Therapy 2003 Transgene delivery of plasmid DNA to smooth muscle cells and macrophages from a biostable polymer coated stent
MD+DI August 2003 Vol 25 No 8 p. 62 quoted in Hemocompatible Coating article
US Patent 5,599,576 Medical Apparatus Scratch Resistant Coating/ Method Making Same 1997
US Patent 5,766,158 Medical Apparatus Scratch Resistant Coating / Method Making Same 1998
US Patent 5,776,611 Cross-linked Hydrogel Coatings 1998
US Patent 6,238,799 Hydrophilic Coating 2001
US Patent Pending Proprietary Hydrophilic Coating
US Patent 6,096,726 Sustained release of bioactive materials 2000
US Patent 6,683,062 Multicomponent Complex for Use with a Substrate 2004
US Patent 6,866,936 Hydrophilic Coating 2004
US Patent Pending Sustained release one-step coating
MS Thesis- Polymerization within Liquid Crystalline Media 1978
J. Coatings Tech A three part study of the Corrosion Protection of Steel - NESCT Tech Committee
No. 53, 683.27, 1981
No. 54, 1982
No. 55, 1983.
J. Coated Fabrics 16, p 159 1987 Comply or Defy
Affiliations:
Surfaces In Biomaterials Supporting Member
Session Chair and moderator Drug/Gene Delivery 2000, 2001 and 2002
Board of Directors 2001-2002
Society for Biomaterials
Session Chair and reviewer Drug delivery sessions 2002 and 2003
MDDI Reader Advisory Board 2003 to date
Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology - Tech Committee Chair 1988- 1991
Program Chair for 1988 Coatings Tech Expo, Moderator Coatings Tech Expo 1993
American Chemical Society
Society for Plastics Engineers
Previous Affiliation with the Adhesives and Sealants Council, IFAI and CFFA
Who's Who in Plastics and Polymers 1st Edition Technomic Publishing 1999
Testimonials
"Peg is a creative scientist as evidenced by a number of her contributions in coating and other product designs...also possesses particulary good
interpersonal skills, very good at working with other people, and seems to understand different personalities and the needs of people."
Staff Chemist
Patented in Hydrophilics
"Technically speaking, Peg is one of the smartest people I know in the industry. She was a great resource to all the design engineers in developing new products, as well as to process engineers in manufacturing."
Engineering Director
Medical Device Manufacturer
"...principle strengths are her well developed project management skills, knowledge in her field, strong interpersonal skills, and her ability to identify worthwhile ventures early in the process. She has a creative mind and is able to articulate technical subjects in a practical, understandable way... conscientious, professional in all ways."
Manufacturing Director
Venture Capital Start-up
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