New microsystems detect, treat bacterial biofilms that cause post-operative infections

University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

2017. 11. 17

A long-term, interdisciplinary research collaboration at the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering has made significant progress in detecting and treating bacterial biofilms by developing new chemical compounds, materials, and microsystems that can fight these sources of post-operative infections.

In their 10-year collaboration, Professor Reza Ghodssi (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Institute for Systems Research), Professor William Bentley (Fischell Department of Bioengineering; Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices), and their students and colleagues have advanced the state of the art in both biofilm detection and treatment. They have developed microsystems that can detect and measure biofilm as well as microsystems for biofilm treatment. The most recent device, which can be placed in urinary catheters, can do all three.

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