A Readily Scalable, Clinically Demonstrated, Antibiofouling Zwitterionic Surface Treatment for Implantable Medical Devices (Adv. Mater. 20/2022). Issue 20 (19th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McVerry, Brian; Polasko, Alexandra; Rao, Ethan; Haghniaz, Reihaneh; Chen, Dayong; He, Na; Ramos, Pia; Hayashi, Joel; Curson, Paige; Wu, Chueh‐Yu; Bandaru, Praveen; Anderson, Mackenzie; Bui, Brandon; Sayegh, Aref; Mahendra, Shaily; Carlo, Dino Di; Kreydin, Evgeniy; Khademhosseini, Ali; Sheikhi, Amir; Kaner, Richard B.
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 34:Issue 20(2022)
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• Publication Date: 2022-05-19
• Subjects: antibiofouling -- antimicrobial stewardship -- cross‐linkable coating modification -- protein repellant -- universal surface treatment -- zwitterionic surfaces; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.202270152
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract : Antibiofouling Harmful microbes can grow freely on implanted medical devices such as catheters (as shown on the right). In article number 2200254, Amir Sheikhi, Richard B. Kaner, and co‐workers, report a new method to apply a robust surface coating containing zwitterions, which creates a water layer that prevents biofilm formation (as shown on the left). This can improve the safety of the medical devices and reduce patient complications. Image credit: Amir Sheikhi/Penn State.