Does micropattern (sharklet) on urinary catheter surface reduce urinary tract infections? Results from phase I randomized open label interventional trial

Magyar, András; Arthanareeswaran, Vinodh‐Kumar‐Adithyaa; Soós, L.; Nagy, K.; Dobák, A.; Szilágyi, István; Justh, Nora; Chandra, A.; Köves, B.; Tenke, Péter

doi:10.1016/s1569-9056(17)30153-7

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“…Bio-inspiration is not a new strategy. The living world was often an object of comparison and a source of inspiration during the development of antic societies (Vincent et al 2006;Lenau 2009) and has led to several scientific and design breakthroughs throughout history (Richter, Wells, and Kemp 2008;Eggermont 2015;Guerrero, Maestro, and Bottaro 2012;Magyar et al 2017), etc. From aeronautics (Bar-Cohen 2012) to the biomedical field (Zhang 2012;Boeuf 2007), biomimetic success stories along with the dissemination work of iconic figures, such as Benyus (1997), granted bio-inspiration an international recognition.…”

Section: Bio-inspiration a Wish To Learn From Living Beingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biomimetics, where are the biologists?

Graeff

Maranzana

Aoussat

2019

Journal of Engineering Design

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Engineering design, as the science framing the practice of design through the elaboration of tools and processes, is constantly evolving towards new innovative strategies. To thrive in their extremely competitive environment, it appears that both industrial and natural worlds are highly dependent on innovation, optimisation and selection. These commonalities have led designers to look to living beings for inspiration. This innovation strategy, referred to as biomimetics, isn't a new approach but its methodological aspects are still under development. This article deals with biologists' contribution throughout the biomimetic design process. After introducing the context and the experimental protocol, we investigated the impact of possessing a background in biology during the practice of biomimetics and compared our findings with experts' opinion. The main idea of this article is to show that to forego the integration of biologists is highly restrictive and may be one of the reasons explaining the difficulties of implementing biomimetics in the industrial context. Hence, this article argues for a new methodological framework taking into account biologists, allowing biomimetic teams to become truly interdisciplinary.

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Section: Bio-inspiration a Wish To Learn From Living Beingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biomimetics, where are the biologists?

Graeff

Maranzana

Aoussat

2019

Journal of Engineering Design

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“…Bio-inspiration is not a new strategy. Nature has soon been an object of comparison and a source of inspiration during the development of antic societies (Vincent et al, 2006;Lenau, 2009) and has led to several scientific and design breakthroughs throughout history: Leonardo Da Vinci's work on flying machines inspired by birds (Richter et al, 2008), the Eiffel Tower based on bone structure (Eggermont, 2015), spiroid winglets imagined after the wingtips feathers of birds of prey (Guerrero et al, 2012), antimicrobial Sharklet™ surface mimicking shark's skin (Magyar et al, 2017), etc. From aeronautic (Bar-Cohen, 2012 to biomedical field (Boeuf, 2007;Zhang, 2012), biomimetic success stories along with the dissemination work of iconic figures, such as Janine Benyus (2002), gave bio-inspiration an international recognition.…”

Section: Bio-inspiration a Wish To Learn From Naturementioning

confidence: 99%

Role of Biologists in Biomimetic Design Processes: Preliminary Results

Graeff¹,

Maranzana²,

Aoussat³

2018

Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference

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Although biomimetic design practice becomes more and more common, some methodological aspects are still under development. More especially, this article aims at dealing with biologist's role and integration during the design process and its construction. After an introduction of the context and the protocol of our experiment on a case study about the insulation of containers housing, our preliminary results will be presented. Through the use of the biomimetic tool AskNature, we will wonder about the differences between the approach of biomimetic processes by students in biology or engineering.

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“…8B). 103 Significantly there is less biofilm on the Sharklet than on standard silicone catheters. The results indicate that surface morphology modification without complex dip coating is a promising antifouling method.…”

Section: Controlling Pathological Crystallization By Means Of Materia...mentioning

confidence: 99%