159 results about "Infection control" patented technology

The present invention is a system and method for disease mapping and infection control. It may collect data from many sources, including through the tracking of Entities and external sources. Such data may be analysed by the system and represented visually. The system further facilitates data modelling. The present invention facilitates calculations of risk and exposure to an infection posed to a person, location or community. The system may be used to test and monitor infection spread and control measures. It can further be configured so as to produce reporting based upon its data to produce information relevant to the creation of infection control policies. The reports may also be utilized to develop standards and measures to improve the operation response to an outbreak of infection within an Institution or a Geographical Area, at the syndromic or pandemic levels.

The current invention provides this advance in infection control via its unique application of active sterilization to a catheter or implant. While most catheters, and many implants, are passive devices, the current invention will provide an active component as a integral part of the implanted catheter or device to continuously or intermittently sterilize the exposed surfaces / areas of the device. This active sterilization may be accomplished by a variety of mechanisms, including, application of heat, RF, microwave, ultrasound, ultraviolet radiation or other energy capable of sterilizing the device or dislodging any problematic Biofilm that may form. The active sterilization may also employ the pumping of a sterilizing chemical from an attached drug reservoir, the use of electricity or freezing temperatures or any other mechanism for either inhibiting, killing or dislodging any infectious material in contact with the implant. One major advantage of this design is that through the use of a small, battery powered or inductively powered sterilization element, the implanted catheter or device can be effectively sterilized without requiring the standard removal surgery, waiting period, then replacement of the infected device. This is expected to translate into greatly improved outcomes (particularly for devices where infection may be catastrophic, ie a prosthetic knee or hip), greatly improved costs, and greatly improved longevity of susceptible devices (ie IV ports, etc.).

The invention relates to a wound-protecting liquid, which is suitable for controlling the infection of wounds on the human body surface and promoting wound healing, and also relates to a preparation method of the wound-protecting liquid, which belongs to the technical field of medicine for medical surgery. Each 1000g weight of the finished solution formed by it contains: silver ion powder 0.16-0.36g, gelatin 0.10-0.40g, dibasic acid 0.50-1.00g, penetrant 12-14.3g, tartaric acid 0.40-0.80g, The rest is pure water. One of the advantages is that the stabilizer with penetration effect is used in the formula, which can penetrate into the deep tissue of the wound, kill the bacteria and endotoxin in the deep part, and loosen and dissolve the necrotic tissue, pus and blood clots out of the body, which helps It can shorten the wound healing time; second, it will not form obvious drug film and drug resistance after long-term use, and can effectively shorten the treatment cycle; third, it has no side effects on patients and the product has no peculiar smell and no allergies; fourth , the method has few process steps, and the conditions are not harsh, and can adapt to the requirements of mass production.