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Dr. John Vittuci from the Combat Wound Infections Division, Operationally Relevant Infections Department, Naval Medical Research Command will present work with Allvivo's Gatekeeper™ Wound Matrix at the Military Health Systems Research Symposium, in Kissimee FL. The title of the talk is “A Novel Antimicrobial Peptide Against Multiple Drug-resistant Bacteria and Their Biofilms Improves Infection Outcomes in Mice”.
August 7, 2025
Allvivo Vascular awarded a Phase I SBIR from the NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to develop a Catheter Cap with Anti-biofilm Luminal Insert.
August 5, 2024
Allvivo Vascular wins the Industrial Research & Development Poster Award at the Wound Healing Society Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. The poster was presented by Dr. Jennifer Neff and titled “Efficacy and safety of dressing containing novel antimicrobial peptide for managing wound biofilm”.
May 16, 2024
Dr. Jennifer Neff to present a talk and a poster at the Society for Advanced Wound Care and Wound Healing Society meeting in Orlando, FL. The title of the talk is “Efficacy and Safety of Dressing Containing Novel Antimicrobial Peptide for Managing Wound Biofilm”.
May 16, 2024
Allvivo Vascular awarded a three year, PH IIB SBIR grant from the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop an Antimicrobial Peptide Treatment to Combat Wound Biofilm.
May 15, 2024
Dr. John Vittuci from the Combat Wound Infections Division, Operationally Relevant Infections Department, Naval Medical Research Command will present work with Allvivo's
Gatekeeper™ Wound Matrix at ESCMID Global in Barcelona, Spain. The title of the poster is “A Novel Antimicrobial Peptide Against Multiple Drug-Resistant Bacteria Improves Infection Outcomes in Mice”.
April 27-30, 2024
Dr. John Vittuci from the Combat Wound Infections Division, Operationally Relevant Infections Department, Naval Medical Research Command will present work with Allvivo's technology at the Military Health Systems Research Symposium in Kissimee, FL. The title of the poster is The Development and Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Peptides for Further Progression Through the Combat Wound Infection Division Preclinical Pipeline.
August 16, 2023
Dr. Jennifer Neff to present a poster at the Military Health Systems Research Symposium in Kissimee, FL. The title of the poster is “Biodegradable Compositions with Novel Antimicrobial Peptide for Managing Wound Infections”.
September 13, 2022
Dr. Jennifer Neff to present a poster at the Society for Advanced Wound Care and Wound Healing Society meeting in Phoenix, AZ. The title of the poster is "Biodegradable Compositions With Novel Antimicrobial Peptide for Managing Wound Infections".
April 6-10, 2022
Allvivo Vascular awarded a two year, PH II SBIR SBIR grant from the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop an Antimicrobial Peptide Treatment to Combat Wound Biofilm.
July 1, 2021
Dr. Jennifer Neff to present a poster at the Ninth Department of Defense International State-of-the-Science Meeting (SoSM) on Blast Injury Research, at the Arlington, Virginia, office of the RAND Corporation. The topic of the ninth SoSM is “Mitigating the Effects of Blast-Related Burn Injuries from Prolonged Field Care to Rehabilitation and Resilience.” The title of the poster is “Antimicrobial Peptide Formulations for Burn Wound Protection”.
March 3-5, 2020
Allvivo Vascular to participate at upcoming RESI Conference in San Francisco January 14, 2020.
December 9, 2019
Allvivo Vascular awarded a Phase II SBIR grant from the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to develop Antimicrobial Tracheostomy Tube to Prevent Biofilm and Reduce Infection Risks.
March 30, 2019
Allvivo Vascular awarded US patent 10,165,773 covering Antimicrobial Constructs
January 1, 2019
Allvivo Vascular awarded a Phase I SBIR grant from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop an Antimicrobial Peptide Treatment to Prevent Wound Biofilm
March 7, 2018
Allvivo Vascular awarded a Phase I SBIR grant from the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to develop Antimicrobial Endotracheal Tube to Combat Biofilm
August 22, 2016
Allvivo Vascular awarded Phase I SBIR from the Defense Health Program to develop Stabilized Antimicrobial Peptides to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Biofilm
September 15, 2015
Publications
Neff, J. A., Bayramov, D. F., Patel, E. A., and Miao, J. (2020) Novel Antimicrobial Peptides Formulated in Chitosan Matrices are Effective Against Biofilms of Multidrug-Resistant Wound Pathogens, Mil Med 185, 637-643.
Bayramov, D. F., Li, Z., Patel, E., Izadjoo, M. J., Kim, H., and Neff, J. A. (2018) A Novel Peptide-Based Antimicrobial Wound Treatment is Effective Against Biofilms of Multi-Drug Resistant Wound Pathogens, Mil Med Mar 1;183(suppl_1), 481-486.
Bayramov, D. F., and Neff, J. A. (2017). Beyond conventional antibiotics - New directions for combination products to combat biofilm. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 112, 48-60.
Ryder M.P., Schilke K.F., Auxier J.A., McGuire J., Neff J.A. (2010). Nisin adsorption to polyethylene oxide layers and its resistance to elution in the presence of fibrinogen. J Colloid Interface Sci. 2010 Oct 1;350(1):194-9, 2010. PMC2918692
Joshi, P., McGuire, J., and Neff, J.A. (2009). Synthesis and antibacterial activity of nisin-containing block copolymers. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 91(1):128-34.
Tai, Y.-C., McGuire, J., and Neff, J.A. (2008). Nisin antimicrobial activity and structural characteristics at hydrophobic surfaces coated with the PEO-PPO-PEO triblock surfactant Pluronic® F108. J. Colloid Interface Sci 322(1), 104-11. PMC2587258
Tai, Y.-C., Joshi, P., McGuire, J., and Neff, J.A. (2008). Nisin adsorption to hydrophobic surfaces coated with the PEO-PPO-PEO triblock surfactant Pluronic® F108. J. Colloid Interface Sci 322(1), 112-8. PMC2587252
J.A. Neff, W.A. Takeguchi, T. Kuppumbati, J. Andersson, B. Nilsson, F. Bexborn, K. Nilsson Ekdahl, A (2005) Biomimetic Stent Coating to Reduce Thrombosis and Inflammation, Proceedings of the ASM Materials and Processes for MedicalDevices. St. Paul, MN, 2004.