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Medical, surgical, dental and veterinary apparatus, instruments and devices featuring chemical surface coatings, namely anatomical bandages for joints, compression bandages, elastic bandages for dressings, hernia bandages, support bandages, non-invasive medical ECG and EEG electrodes and leads, medical implantable electrodes in the nature of cortical, defibrillator, pacemaker, and stimulator electrodes, reusable surgical instruments, single-use scalpels, forceps for medical use, biopsy needles, syringe needles for medical use, needles used for suturing, absorbable and non-absorbable sutures, cannulas in the nature of infusion, brain, coronary, and ventricular cannulas, intra-ocular lenses, surgical devices in the nature of annuloplasty rings, enteral feeding pump tubes, medical tracheal tubes, medical tubing for use with infusion pumps, medical nasal gastric tubes, medical liquid and gas-flow tubes for epidural and spinal catheters, contraceptive apparatus in the nature of contraceptive implants, contraceptive coils, contraceptive diaphragms, intrauterine devices for contraception, contraceptive clips, contraceptive bands, contraceptive inserts for use with fallopian tubes, and contraceptive clips and bands for use with vas deferens, artificial embolization prevention implants, cardiovascular patches in the nature of heart monitors, intracardiac patch prostheses, mammary prostheses, vascular prostheses, infusion ports being implantable ports, infusion port catheters, suction catheters, angiography catheters, cardiac catheters, cerebrospinal catheters, hydrocephalic catheters, intravascular catheters, ventricular neurological catheters, vascular perfusion catheters, cardiovascular stents, iliac stents, surgical biliary, intermittent, abscess, and thoracic drains, surgical cerebrospinal drains, carotid artery shunts being medical tubing, sutures, catheters, and urethral catheters, medical tubing in the nature of IV lines and haemodialysis lines, masks for use by medical personnel, gloves for use by medical personnel being medical gloves, medical gowns, surgical gowns, patient examination gowns, hospital bedding being draw-sheets for sick beds, hospital scrubs being surgical scrub suits, therapeutic compression bed sheets; diagnostic test devices featuring chemical surface coatings, namely, urine drug test kits comprised of medical diagnostic instruments for the analysis of body fluids, urine pregnancy test kits comprised of medical diagnostic instruments for the analysis of body fluids, saliva drug test kits comprised diagnostic instruments for the analysis of body fluids, saliva alcohol test kits comprised of diagnostic instruments for the analysis of body fluids, blood collection tubes being blood testing apparatus in the nature of blood sampling tubes, cholesterol and blood glucose test kits comprised of cholesterol meters and blood glucose meters, in vitro diagnostic accessories in the nature of medical diagnostic apparatus for testing for viruses; orthopaedic articles featuring chemical surface coatings, namely, artificial hip implants, artificial knee implants, artificial shoulder implants, artificial maxilla-facial implants, implantable surgical staples, prosthetic joint replacements in the nature of artificial materials for use in the replacement of bones, cortical screws being metal screws for medical use, cancellous screws being metal screws for medical use, interference screws being metal screws for medical use, soft tissue suture anchors, dynamic compression screws being metal screws for medical use, intramedullary fixation devices in the nature of orthopedic fixation device used in orthopedic transplant and/or implant surgery, buttress plates being surgical implants in the nature of metal plates, neutralization plates being surgical implants in the nature of metal plates, bridging plates being surgical implants in the nature of metal plates, tension plates being surgical implants in the nature of metal plates, compression plates being surgical implants in the nature of metal plates, orthopaedic implants made of artificial materials; suture materials featuring chemical surface coatings, therapeutic and assistive devices adapted for persons with disabilities, namely, diathermy units in the nature of electric heating devices for curative treatment, electrical stimulation and electrotherapy equipment in the nature of electrotherapy devices for providing transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, infrared heat, and compression, light therapy equipment in the nature of sensory light therapy unit and laser therapy devices being laser therapy apparatus for pain relief, magnet therapy devices in the nature of apparatus for magnet therapy, neuromuscular stimulators being nerve stimulator apparatus, therapeutic ultrasound machines being ultrasound appliances for medical use, walkers to aid in mobility, walking canes for medical purposes, crutches, prosthetic devices being artificial materials for use in the replacement of bones, and orthotic devices being orthotics for the foot and hand