WynnVision LLC Receives NIH NIDDK Phase IIB Grant Award “Towards urinary catheterization with long-term resistance to bacterial colonization”
RICHMOND, VA, UNITED STATES, July 7, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — NIH’s Nationwide Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Ailments (NIDDK) has awarded WynnVision a Phase IIB Grant “Towards urinary catheterization with long-term resistance to bacterial colonization” (R44DK103398).(1) Work supported by this grant will focus on growth of novel coatings that cut back bacterial biofilm formation on silicone medical gadgets. Analysis will embody addressing FDA considerations (510k clearance), high quality management, and prototype manufacturing and commercialization. WynnVision has acquired 4 prior aggressive grant awards during the last 6 years to fund analysis and growth of coatings for medical gadgets which have resulted in a granted patent and pending functions to guard its coating applied sciences.
In the USA, urinary tract infections comprise about 30 % of healthcare related infections within the acute care setting. Of those, 73 % are Catheter Related Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI).(2) People who find themselves older or infirm and the disabled have increased incidences of CAUTIs as a result of their catheters are indwelling for longer instances. Such infections compromise catheters and result in extra severe medical infections. WynnVision has developed a number of progressive WinGard (WG) coatings utilized to silicone that cut back biofilms, don’t leach, and present promise for imparting long-term resistance to biofilm formation. These qualities promise to cut back CAUTIs, affected person struggling, and medical care prices.
Kenneth Wynne, PhD, President of WynnVision LLC, is a longtime researcher who retired in 2019, changing into Commonwealth Professor Emeritus, Chemical and Life Science Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth College, Richmond VA. Ken has helped elevate about $5 M in grant funding and guided WynnVision scientists and engineers towards attaining difficult analysis targets. His expertise has included tailoring surfaces to acquire particular properties similar to repelling ice, killing micro organism on contact, or releasing biologically energetic brokers. He has over 140 publications and 30 patents. Ken based WynnVision LLC in 2016 to translate his expertise in floor modification on the molecular stage into merchandise for relieving ache and struggling for sufferers as a consequence of antagonistic occasions related to medical gadgets.
(1) The content material of this announcement is solely the duty of WynnVision LLC and doesn’t essentially symbolize the official views of the Nationwide Institutes of Well being (NIH) or the Nationwide Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Ailments (NIDDK).
(2) Chuang L, Tambyah PA. Catheter-associated urinary tract an infection. Journal of An infection and Chemotherapy. 2021;27(10):1400-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2021.07.022.
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