Indwelling urinary catheters: catheter selection:- For patients using a long-term indwelling urinary catheter, what is the clinical and cost effectiveness of impregnated versus hydrophilic versus ...

However, a commercial replacement gastrostomy tube is many times more expensive than a Foley catheter, and the two have never been compared. We compared the efficacy and safety of an all-silicone ...

Published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers have created realistic, skin-like replicas made of Ecoflex, a type of silicone rubber that can potentially serve as a platform to evaluate ...

The LifeSite Hemodialysis Device showing a silicone catheter connected to a stainless steel-titanium valve. Reproduced with permission from VASCA, Tewksbury, MA. The operation of the LifeSite is ...

Thanks to its durable and flexible nature, it's also one of the best materials for medical implants and devices like catheters. Two other common uses of silicone are in adhesives and lubricants.

a type of silicone rubber that can potentially serve as a platform to evaluate risks of bacterial infections from intravenous catheters and test wearable sensors, among other biomedical applications.

Such elaborate prosthetics, often made possible by materials like silicone rubbers ... hospitals comes from surgically inserting tubes or catheters into veins. Each year, around 80,000 catheter ...

Published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers have created realistic, skin-like replicas made of Ecoflex, a type of silicone rubber that can potentially serve as a platform to evaluate ...

a type of silicone rubber that can potentially serve as a platform to evaluate risks of bacterial infections from intravenous catheters and test wearable sensors, among other biomedical applications.