Hydromer Incorporated announced, as the exclusive coatings supplier and manufacturing partner for N8 Medical’s CeraShield™ coated endotracheal tubes, that the CeraShield™ coating has in recent testing demonstrated the ability to inhibit and reduce the growth of COVID-19 virus on tube surfaces. The testing showed statistically significant reduction in the growth of COVID-19 virus on the tube surface in 60 minutes. Ordinary uncoated endotracheal tubes either allowed increased virus growth or had no inhibitory effect. A clinical study is being planned by N8 Medical’s team.