涂层
材料科学
支架
生物污染
结垢
草酸钙
吸附
生物医学工程
色谱法
钙
外科
纳米技术
化学
医学
冶金
生物化学
膜
有机化学
作者
Ralph Rolly Gonzales,Kazuo Kumagai,Zhe Yang,Young-Min Yang,Katsumi Shigemura,Hideto Matsuyama
摘要
Encrustation, caused by deposition of calcium and magnesium salts present in urine, is a common problem of indwelling urinary devices, such as ureteral stent. Encrustation was also found to be related to urinary tract infections; thus, it is necessary to prepare ureteral stents with antibacterial and antifouling surfaces to mitigate the occurrence of encrustation. In this study, commercial ureteral stent was coated with polydopamine (PDA), formed from self-polymerization of dopamine. The PDA coating was optimized in terms of dopamine concentration, pH, and coating time using response surface methodology. The chosen response parameters for optimization were calcium oxalate (CaC2 O4 ) encrustation and protein adsorption. Optimized PDA coating conditions were determined to be the following: pH 9.0, 2 mg/mL DA, and 3 days coating. The optimized PDA-coated ureteral stent exhibited outstanding resistance against CaC2 O4 encrustation, protein fouling, and bacterial adhesion due to its hydrophilic and functional coating layer. In comparison with the pristine ureteral stent, PDA coating was able to suppress approximately 97% and 87% of CaC2 O4 and protein adsorption, respectively. The PDA-coated ureteral stent was compared against those of commercially available ureteral stents and found to have superior encrustation and protein fouling mitigation performance. Finally, PDA coating was found to be highly stable for a storage period of 90 days, whether stored in wet or dry conditions.
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