To determine whether ciprofloxacin retains its antimicrobial activity after storage with Healon at ambient temperature and at 37 degrees C over 5 weeks and then to establish whether the application of ciprofloxacin/Healon onto scala tympani electrode arrays reduces the risk of meningitis in implanted rats inoculated with S. pneumoniae.
Department of Otolaryngology, Bionic Ear Institute, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Eye Hospiatl, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. bwei@bionicear.org
