September 8, 2023 – Silq Technologies, a leader in advanced biomaterial science, has been selected to exhibit its novel ClearTract™ indwelling Foley catheter at the upcoming Vizient Innovative Technology Exchange. The ClearTract™ catheter is treated with a proprietary formulation which permanently transforms its surface and is designed to minimize catheter-related complications. Vizient, Inc., the nation’s largest member-driven healthcare performance improvement company, will hold the Exchange on Oct. 3 in Grapevine, Texas.
The annual Innovative Technology Exchange offers selected suppliers the unique opportunity to demonstrate their product or service to supply chain and clinical leaders from Vizient’s member hospitals and subject matter experts who serve on their supply councils. Each product or service will showcase how it improves clinical outcomes, enhances safety, or drives incremental improvements to health care delivery or business models.
Silq Technologies is the first company in the world to commercialize zwitterion technology in silicone-based medical devices. ClearTract™, its first product, has been FDA cleared for sale for urethral, suprapubic and nephrostomy applications. The surface treatment is intended to minimize biofilm formation, urinary tract infection, encrustation, and blockage. As such, it holds promise for significant reduction in the additional healthcare costs associated with the management and treatment of such complications.
Silq’s novel zwitterionic surface treatment can be applied to the plastic and elastomeric materials that are widely used in implantable medical devices. For the past 20 years, zwitterion chemistry has been recognized as one of the most powerful technologies to resist the deposition of organic materials on synthetic surfaces, thereby minimizing bacterial growth with the added benefit of enhanced lubricity.
The annual Innovative Technology Exchange is part of Vizient’s Innovative Technology Program that includes product review of supplier-submitted technologies by member-led councils and task forces. Since 2003, Vizient has reviewed over 1,600 product submissions as part of its Innovative Technology Program.