“…A variety of concepts have been described to improve the biocompatibility of polymers: a) introduction of a hydrogel structure to a polymer surface, [1][2][3] b) fabrication of a microphase separation structure, [4,5] and c) immobilization of a potent natural anticoagulant to polymer. [6][7][8][9] In particular, since a hydrogel has physical properties similar to human tissue and may exhibit an excellent biocompatibility, a number of workers have made a significant effort to modify the surface of polymer substrates with hydrogel forming polymers such as poly [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl phosphorylcholine] (PMPC), [1,[10][11] poly [2-(glucosyloxy)ethyl methacrylate] (PGEMA), [2,3] polyoxyethylene (POE), [12] poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) [13] and poly[N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide] (PHPMA), [14,15] the structures are shown in Fig.…”