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

I-Corps：防污复合涂层的商业评估和开发

• 批准号: 1401396
• 负责人: Dong-Shik Kim
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Toledo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1401396&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Commercial; Assessment; Development; Anti

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.

流感应电磁力（FI-EMF）技术是一种克服了现有防污材料和技术的许多缺点的防污技术。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器械，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，同时不会引起细菌的抗生素耐药性。该项目将开发防污导尿管、心脏支架和涂层材料的原型，以确定该技术的监管途径。所提出的技术具有创新性，因为它使用了现有防污产品的替代方法。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，该技术可以安全应用，并通过保护人们免受细菌感染来促进人类健康。 FI-EMF防污技术背后的机制很可能将帮助防污研究界更好地了解细菌和蛋白质粘附到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研究人员提供有关周围环境中微生物、化学和电磁效应之间关系的宝贵信息。