Pulmonary

FDA Approves Silver-Coated Agento™ Breathing Tube For Marketing

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced recently that it has cleared for marketing the Agento endotrachael tube (breathing tube) manufactured by CR Bard in Murray Hill, New Jersey.
The Agento tube is coated with a thin layer of silver, which acts to retard the growth of bacteria that can lead to the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). […]