Biocompatible anti-microbial coatings for urinary catheters

Vanessa C. Thompson, Penelope J. Adamson, Jessirie Dilag, Dhanushka Bandara Uswatte Uswatte Liyanage, Kagithiri Srikantharajah, Andrew J. Blok, Amanda Ellis, David Gordon, Ingo Köper

RSC Advances · 2016 · 26 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

Using a simple dip-coating mechanism, urinary catheters have been coated with poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl)trimethylammonium chloride (pMTAC) using activator regenerated by electron transfer (ARGET)–atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP).

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