Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T263 |
0-4 |
Sentence |
denotes |
6.4. |
T264 |
5-20 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Medical Devices |
T265 |
21-200 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Seriously ill patients with respiratory distress, and also other patients with other conditions such as cardiovascular disease often require intimate contact with medical devices. |
T266 |
201-350 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Examples of devices include prosthetic heart valves, orthopedic implants, intravascular catheters, artificial hearts, cardiac pacemakers, etc. [185]. |
T267 |
351-476 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Wettability of the surfaces has been shown to play a crucial role in the adhesion of viruses to whichever surface is present. |
T268 |
477-649 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Glass slides were successfully coated with silanes of various hydrophobicity and showed that more hydrophobic surfaces were most efficient in capturing influenza A viruses. |
T269 |
650-754 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This points again to a form of nanotrapping and inactivation of the virus by surface interactions [186]. |
T270 |
755-855 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Glass slides were also LbL coated with polyanionic and polycationic chitosan to eliminate S. aureus. |
T271 |
856-958 |
Sentence |
denotes |
It was implied that this LbL process will benefit medical devices with antibacterial properties [187]. |
T272 |
959-1121 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Vascular prostheses were coated successfully with alternating layers of human serum albumin and the GAG, heparin, and other carbohydrates such as dextran sulfate. |
T273 |
1122-1289 |
Sentence |
denotes |
These multilayered contacts prevented the clotting factor, fibrinogen from causing thrombosis which is a serious complication of contact with the medical device [188]. |
T274 |
1290-1725 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Although not always disclosing full information, self-eliminating coatings on medical devices that comprise mainly of polypeptides were successfully applied to medical devices that could deliver biological substances after implantation into the human body [189], applied to urethral catheters and stents to prevent mucosal tissue of the urethra to block openings of the catheter or stent that will lead to prevention of fluid drainage. |
T275 |
1726-1832 |
Sentence |
denotes |
These coatings also released antimicrobials although antivirals were not mentioned specifically [190,191]. |
T276 |
1833-1994 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In a comprehensive review, the future of LbL nanocoating in the medical profession was pointed out, however, antiviral LbL applications were not mentioned [192]. |
T277 |
1995-2179 |
Sentence |
denotes |
It was interesting to find that LbL-nanocoating of medical devices also revealed very few literature entries and even fewer regarding coating with polysaccharides or antiviral coating. |
T278 |
2180-2327 |
Sentence |
denotes |
It was reported that catheter silicon tubes that contained chlorohexidine-containing PEG-micelles were coated with poly(acrylic acid) as polyanion. |
T279 |
2328-2422 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Again the purpose of this study was to afford antibacterial action to the silicon tubes [193]. |
T280 |
2423-2529 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Dental implants are another medical device that benefited from antibacterial LbL coating with PSS and PAH. |
T281 |
2530-2659 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Metronidazole was coated in the final bilayer and this provided the antibacterial effect to prevent periodontal infections [194]. |
T282 |
2660-2812 |
Sentence |
denotes |
It is again apparent, at the time of writing, that antiviral coatings of medical devices have not been the main focus of research or innovation efforts. |
T283 |
2813-2938 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Figure 5 depicts a summary of our suggested methods of contributing in an almost crude, passive way to curb viral infections. |