[News Feed] Diamonds Are A Urologist's Best Friend

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Wafer-thin coatings from diamond-like carbon can prevent dangerous biofilms of bacteria from forming on indwelling catheters in the urinary tract. What is more, the coated catheters glide into the ureter with considerably less friction, to the delight of medical staff, and even more so to that of the patients, who experience the procedure as substantially less unpleasant.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1123173230.htm