New Publication – A biomimetic urethral model to evaluate urinary catheter lubricity and epithelial micro-trauma

A new paper from the Medical Device Design Group entitled (opens in a new window)A biomimetic urethral model to evaluate urinary catheter lubricity and epithelial micro-trauma has been published in the (opens in a new window)Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. In the study, Owen Humphreys et al. developed a human urethral epithelial cell-seeded model of the urethra which was then used to measure the Coefficient of Friction (CoF) of four brands of commercially available hydrophilic-coated intermittent catheters.

(opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.103792