Structured to collboarte with medical device companies, the work of Freeflow Medical Devices is anchored in a coating developed and patented at Harvard Medical School, has been tested in pigs, uses no silver/copper or antibiotics, The firm's surface chemistry scientific team has worked together for several years inthe fields of hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surface chemistry. A high percentage of hospital acquired infections are a consequence of the formation of biofilms and consequent thrombosis on the surfaces of medical devices. The developed coating prevents these conditions. It is extensible and has also been successfully tested in arterial shunts and central venous catheters Subsequent applications may include addessing thrombosis issues with Ventricular Assist Devices and extracorporeal circuits, and biofilm issues with bronchoscopes.
