Exponent Engineer Publishes Article in UK Trade Magazine Medical Device Developments

Dr. Jason Clevenger, Managing Scientist in Exponent’s Natick, MA office recently published an article entitled “Safe Surface” in Medical Device Developments, a UK-based medical device industry trade magazine. Nearly half of infections in the US are related to medical implants, making anti-microbial coatings extremely beneficial. Dr. Clevenger investigates how these coatings can prevent and reduce infection levels. The ubiquitous risk of infection for all types of implanted medical devices has driven a tremendous wave of technological innovation over the past 20 years in the field of anti-microbial coating technology. Nosocomial infections associated with medical implants account for nearly 50% of the estimated two million annual infections in the US, with a total associated treatment cost of over $3bn. To read the complete article, click here.