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An In Vitro Bladder Model of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection
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Manufacturing high quality urinary catheters
1GlaxoSmithKline, Harlow, UK. luigi.gmartini@gsk.com
Medical Device Technology
|April 18, 2009
Abstract:
Forty-four percent of hospital patients with indwelling catheters can develop significant bacteriuria within 72 hours of catheterisation. It is, therefore, critical that catheters are manufactured with perfectly smooth surfaces and apertures to reduce the potential for infection. An ultrasonic cutting technology is described here that produces smooth apertures and eliminates problems associated with debris.
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