"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.

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