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Sterilization (medicine)

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Influence of Different Sterilization Methods on the Surface Chemistry and Electrochemical Behavior of Biomedical Alloys

Sterilization is a prerequisite for biomedical devices before contacting the human body. It guarantees the lack of infection by eliminating microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, spores and fungi). It constitutes the last fabrication process of a biomedical devic ...

2023

Virucidal compositions and use thereof

Francesco Stellacci, Paulo Henrique Jacob Silva, Valeria Cagno, Özgün Kocabiyik

The invention relates to virucidal compositions comprising a sialic acid (SA) moiety, pharmaceutical compositions and disinfection and/or sterilization compositions comprising thereof and uses thereof in disinfection and/or sterilization methods and in tre ...

2021

Effect of specific non-pharmaceutical intervention policies on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the counties of the United States

Joseph Chadi Benoit Lemaitre

Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) remain the only widely available tool for controlling the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. We estimated weekly values of the effective basic reproductive number (R-eff) using a mechanistic metapopulation model and associ ...

NATURE RESEARCH2021

Mechanisms of Plasma-Seed Treatments as a Potential Seed Processing Technology

Ivo Furno, Alan Howling, Alexandra Waskow

Plasma treatments are currently being assessed as a seed processing technology for agricultural purposes where seeds are typically subjected to pre-sowing treatments to improve the likelihood of timely and uniform germination. The aim of this review is to ...

2021

Photopolymerization device for minimally invasive implants: application to nucleus pulposus replacement

Dominique Pioletti, Pierre-Etienne Bourban, Andreas Schmocker, Azadeh Khoushabi

Photopolymerization is a common tool to harden materials initially in a liquid state. A surgeon can directly trigger the solidification of a dental implant or a bone or tissue filler. Traditionally, photopolymerization has been used mainly in dentistry. Ov ...

Springer2015

In-situ photopolymerization and monitoring device for controlled shaping of tissue fillers, replacements or implants

Dominique Pioletti, Christophe Moser, Andreas Schmocker, Azadeh Khoushabi

Photopolymerization is a common tool to harden materials initially in a liquid state. A surgeon can directly trigger the solidification of a dental implant or a bone or tissue filler simply by illumination. Traditionally, photopolymerization has been used ...

Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering2015

Formation of Microcapsules from Polyelectrolyte and Covalent Interactions

Urs von Stockar, Ian William Marison, Véronique Breguet, Raphaël Gugerli, Mimma Pernetti

A new approach combining electrostatic and covalent bonds was established for the formation of resistant capsules with long-term stability under physiol. conditions. Three kinds of interactions were generated in the same membrane: (1) electrostatic bonds b ...

2005

Defining Early IT System Requirements with Regulation Principles: The Lightswitch Approach

Gil Regev, Alain Wegmann

In this paper we present the Lightswitch approach, an approach for defining early requirements for enterprise IT systems. Using the approach, engineers can model the way an enterprise regulates its relationships with its environment, identify changing cond ...

2004

Physical-chemical Modification of Sodium Alginate ALGIMAR by Irradiation

Jutta Christine Wandrey

The effect of gamma radiation on the physical-chemical properties of sodium alginate Algimar has been investigated. Dilution viscometry, densitometry, and FTIR spectroscopy served to identify modifications. Decreasing intrinsic viscosities clearly revealed ...

2004

On facts and artefacts: The difficulty to evaluate an artificial nuclease

A no. of promising synthetic catalysts for the hydrolytic degrdn. of RNA have been developed in recent years. Some of them show remarkable selectivity for pyrimidine nucleotides. The general problem of all these studies is to distinguish between real effec ...

2003

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