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Uretic stents: investigating flow and encrustation

Reference	E20379
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Sarah Waters
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Roger Bayston, Dr Linda Cummings, Professor David Grant, Professor Jonathan Wattis
Institution	University of Nottingham
Department	Sch of Mathematical Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	302,337
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	11/11/2003
End date	10/09/2007
Duration	46 months

Abstract

The aim of the proposed research is to understand and predict the causes of ureteric stent failure. An interdisciplinary approach will be adopted, incorporating clinicians, materials physicists, theoreticians and experts in biomaterials-related infection, and we will use the complementary techniques of experimental simulation and theoretical modelling. In particular, we will (i) focus on the processes by which the stent surface encrusts and determine the influence of the urine composition, bacterial infection, the local flow field and the surface geometry and properties on the degree of encrustation; (ii) examine the factors governing urine flow in a stented ureter, since this has important implications for reflux; and (iii) assess the healthcare implications, with a view to designing stents that minimise the degree of encrustation and reflux.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Engineering & Biological Systems (EBS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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