"Smart Catheters" for the Major Problem of Catheter-Related Infections
Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
A new "smart catheter" that senses the start of an infection, and automatically releases an anti-bacterial substance, is being developed to combat the problem of catheter-related blood and urinary tract infections, scientists reported here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.