Reduced bacterial adhesion with parylene coating: Potential implications for Micra transcatheter pacemakers.

Mikhael F El-ChamiJane MayotteMatt BonnerReece HolbrookKurt StrombergMuhammad Rizwan Sohail

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2020)

Parylene coating significantly reduced the ability of bacteria to grow in colony count assays suggesting that this could contribute to the reduction of bacterial infections of Micra transcatheter pacemakers.

Keyphrases

high throughput
biofilm formation
peripheral blood
escherichia coli
pseudomonas aeruginosa
risk assessment
cystic fibrosis
single cell
candida albicans