Coating with plasma-deposited functionalized diamond-like carbon to decrease encrustations on urological implants;Plasmadeponierte funktionalisierte kohlenstoffschichten zur minderung von inkrustationen auf urologischen implantaten

Urologe - Ausgabe A

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1249-1251

  Laube, N ^a   Kleinen, L ^b   Bode U ^b   Fisang, C ^a   Meissner A ^a   Bradenahl, J ^a   Syring, I ^a   Busch, H ^c   Pinkowski, W ^d   Muller S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b France   (Germany)

^c NTTF GmbH   (Germany)

^d Urotech GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheter; Diamond like amorphous carbon; Encrustation; Ureteral stents

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIAMOND;

ARTICLE; DEVICE THERAPY; IMPLANT; IN VIVO STUDY; MATERIAL COATING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLASMA; STANDARD; URETER INJURY; URETER STENT; URINARY DIVERSION;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CARBON; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLYCOCALYX; HUMANS; LIVER; MATERIALS TESTING; PHOSPHATES; PLASMA; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STENTS; SWINE; URINARY DIVERSION; URINE;

EID: 34648823173     PISSN: 03402592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00120-007-1451-1     Document Type: Article

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