Urinary Catheters for Preventing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Emphasis on Antibiotic Resistance

Important results from the project

This project verified the technical feasibility of the NANOELAST technology as a potential in-dwelling urinary catheter and confirmed the antibacterial, mechanical and processing properties that indicated potential for upscaling and clinical use. In parallel, a market survey was conducted. Potential industrial partners for future collaboration were identified, with which Amferia will discuss phase 2 of the project which may include process testing and clinical evaluation.

Expected long term effects

Technical results from microbiology and material testing show that NANOELAST technology has a strong potential to be further developed as in-dwelling catheters. A number of pathways have been identified and the primary alternative is to develop the entire catheter tube or as a thin layer coating from the NANOELAST material. A technical file was developed that included data from microbiology, rheology, mechanical testing, sterilization and biocompatibility. The effect is a proof-of-concept that shows the potential to an industrial partner and thus leads to collaboration.

Approach and implementation

This work was done by Amferia´s product engineer and CEO. Throughout the work, Amferia collaborated with prof. Martin Andersson at Chalmers to carry out technical studies and received advice from industrial partners. This helped to identify the right methods that followed ISO standards in the materials and microbiology laboratories at Amferia and Chalmers University of Technology. Amferia documented the technical data in a file to be presented to industrial partners for future collaboration and licensing.

External links

Amferia homepage Published ACS Nano paper discussing NANOELAST technology