I-Corps: Commercial Assessment and Development of Anti-Fouling Composite Coating

流体诱导电磁力(FI-EMF)技术是一种克服了现有防污材料和技术的诸多缺点的防污技术。与现有的防污剂不同，这种防污技术不使用抗生素，因此不仅可以安全地用于制药和医疗设备，还可以用于食品加工、工业和海事应用。FI-EMF技术将有助于减少细菌感染的发生率，而不会导致细菌产生抗生素耐药性。该项目将开发防污染尿管、心脏支架和涂层材料的原型，以确定这项技术的监管途径。拟议的技术是创新的，因为它使用了一种替代方法来替代现有的防污染产品。这项技术可能会影响生物医学、临床、食品和造船行业。从医疗设备到工业应用，这项技术可以安全地应用，并通过保护人们免受细菌感染来促进人类健康。FI-EMF防污技术背后的机理很可能有助于防污研究界更好地了解细菌和蛋白质附着在医疗器械和金属表面的过程。FI-EMF技术有望为微生物学和生物化学的研究人员提供关于周围环境中微生物、化学和电磁效应之间关系的有价值的信息。

The flow-induced electromagnetic force (FI-EMF) technology is an antifouling technology that overcomes many disadvantages of existing antifouling materials and technologies. Unlike existing antifouling agents, this antifouling technology does not use antibiotics and therefore can be safely used not only for pharmaceutical and medical devices, but also for food processing, industrial and maritime applications. The FI-EMF Technology will help reduce the incidence of bacterial infection without causing antibiotic resistance of the bacteria. This project will develop prototypes of antifouling urinary catheter, cardiac stent and coated materials so as to define the regulatory pathway for this technology.The proposed technology is innovative because it uses an alternative approach to antifoulingproducts currently available. This technology could impact biomedical, clinical, food and ship building industries. From medical devices to industrial applications, this technology can be safely applied and promote human health by protecting people from bacterial infection. It is likely that the mechanism behind the FI-EMF antifouling technology will help the antifouling research community to better understand the process of bacterial and protein adhesion to medical devices and metal surfaces. The FI-EMF technology is expected to provide researchers in microbiology and biochemistry with valuable information on the relationship between microbes, chemical and electromagnetic effects in the surrounding environments.