An elastomer has been developed using patent-pending technology so that the material provides built-in antimicrobial protection in silicone-based elastomers. Responding to the medical industry’s heightened concern over bacterial contamination on critical device surfaces, the StatSil elastomer let's product designers incorporate it into medical devices to control microbes in or on the human body, and on devices such as catheters and wound drains. The flexible elastomer should be used only to control the growth of microbes in or on the human body; it should not be used to provide general public health benefits.

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