CORDIS Project
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This project focuses on developing a new type of urinary catheter made from a patented antibacterial material called NANOELAST. The goal is to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections, which are common and serious complications, by stopping bacterial attachment and growth on the catheter surface.
Indwelling urinary catheters are life-saving medical devices that are widely used in hospitals and nursing homes to relieve a patient from urinary retention and incontinence.
However, prolonged use of these catheters in the urinary tract leads to a life-threatening and disturbingly common complication, called catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). CAUTIs are mainly caused by bacteria and affect nearly 10 million patients every year globally.
This makes CAUTI responsible for 40% of…
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