Table 3.

Examples of devices being tested in biofilm clinical studies.

Catheters, stents, tubes •GamCath Dolphin® Protect central venous catheter (bismuth-containing surface coating) •Ureteral Stent (triclosan releasing) •Insertion of a urinary catheter coated with benign E. coli •Radiance™ Clear Sharklet® Silicone Foley Catheter (micro-patterned surface) •M3 MINI CATHETER •Nitric Oxide impregnated catheter •Oxys Catheter (electromagnetic therapy) •CAM (Complete Airway Management) Catheters •Airway medix closed suction system (endotracheal tube) •Vented urinary drainage system •UroShield device (ultrasound acoustic waves) •PE tube with Duckbill Valve (for otitis media) Vaginosis •Vaginal suppository: WO3191 (amphoteric surfactant) •Vaginal suppository: Vagisan® Lactic Acid

Wounds •Procellera (dressing with electrical micro current) •MIST Therapy is a low energy, low intensity ultrasound delivered through a saline mist to the wound bed •Larval Debridement Therapy •Zorflex Activated Carbon Dressing •VAC VeraFlo with Dakins Instillation •VAC Ulta Therapy •Iodosorb (Cadexomer Iodine Gel) •Aquacel® Ag ​+ ​Extra •Epiceram (ceramides, cholesterol and free fatty acids) •PuraPly™ Antimicrobial Wound Matrix (collagen ​+ ​polyhexamethylenebiguanide hydrochloride (PHMB)) •Exsalt SD7, Exsalt T7 Wound Dressings (silver salts) Prosthetic Joint Infection •Ioban (iodine impregnated incisional foil)