Bracco and Zereau join forces for Innovative Research Program

Bracco Imaging SpA, a world leader in diagnostic imaging and Zereau BV, a provider of unique water technology for the healthcare sector, announced today they have signed an agreement to launch the second stage of a groundbreaking research program aimed at improving the sustainability of medical imaging.

This new stage of the research program, entitled „The Water Project,” focuses on the development and testing of scalable, robust urine collection and filtration devices with the goal of integrating a sustainable solution into hospital radiology departments. Patients receiving contrast media in hospitals and diagnostic facilities will use special toilets designed to collect and filter the contrast from their urine. Once saturated, these filters will be collected and processed by third-party partners to recover raw materials such as iodine, which would otherwise be released into wastewater. This study follows the successful completion of an earlier study that evaluated the performance of a urine filtration system for iodinated contrast media.

The full press release including all the details can be found here.