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US 12,571,793 B2Granted
Method for evaluating biofilm formation, and invertebrate for use in evaluating biofilm formation
AssigneeMeiji Pharmaceutical University
InventorsYasuhiko Matsumoto, Takashi Sugita
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Abstract
A method for evaluating biofilm formation on a medical device material in vivo using an invertebrate includes: a step of inserting the medical device material between a hypodermal portion and an intestinal tract of an invertebrate, a step of extracting the medical device material from the invertebrate, and a step of evaluating biofilm formation on the surface of the medical device material; the invertebrate is for use in this evaluation of the biofilm formation.
Claims8
A method comprising:
- a step of inserting a medical device material on a second segment from thorax side of abdomen between a hypodermal portion and the intestinal tract of a silkworm, through near a crescent marking on the abdomen of the silkworm;
- a step of extracting the medical device material from the silkworm;
- and a step of evaluating biofilm formation on a surface of the medical device material, by staining.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.