Abstract: The present disclosure concerns scalable single-pot synthesis, anion binding features, liquid-liquid extraction of salts of the triazolophane macrocycle of Formula (I): wherein the substituents R are independently selected from the group consisting of a linear and branched alkyl, a linear and branched alkyl substituted with an ionizable functional group such as an amine or carboxylic acid, a linear and branched alkoxy (R=—OR), an alkyl comprising —O(CH2CH2O)nCH3, where n is 1-20, an amide —CO—NR1R2, where R1 is any alkyl, organic substituent, R2 is any alkyl, organic substituent, wherein R1 and R2 may be identical or different, —OCO—R, wherein R is any alkyl, organic substituent, an aromatic ring and their substituted analogues, any length and sequence of natural and unnatural amino acids that make up a peptide chain, and —C?C—R where R is any alkyl, organic substituent.

Abstract: An urethral antimicrobial delivery device (1) comprising; a deformable reservoir (101) in fluid connection with an elongate member (102), the elongate member comprising a lumen, the elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end, the elongate member having a plurality of pores (103) defined therein, said pores being distributed along a length of said elongate member, the elongate member being dimensioned for insertion through an external urethral orifice of a female subject, whereby the elongate member is insertable into a distal urethral cavity for delivery of at: antimicrobial in said distal urethral cavity, and wherein the device comprises a collar (105) to prevent said elongate member entering a proximal urethral cavity.

Abstract: An urethral antimicrobial delivery device (1) comprising; a deformable reservoir (101) in fluid connection with an elongate member (102), the elongate member comprising a lumen, the elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end, the elongate member having a plurality of pores (103) defined therein, said pores being distributed along a length of said elongate member, the elongate member being dimensioned for insertion through an external urethral orifice of a female subject, whereby the elongate member is insertable into a distal urethral cavity for delivery of an antimicrobial in said distal urethral cavity, and wherein the device comprises a collar (105) to prevent said elongate member entering a proximal urethral cavity.

Abstract: An urethral antimicrobial delivery device (1) comprising; a deformable reservoir (101) in fluid connection with an elongate member (102), the elongate member comprising a lumen, the elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end, the elongate member having a plurality of pores (103) defined therein, said pores being distributed along a length of said elongate member, the elongate member being dimensioned for insertion through an external urethral orifice of a female subject, whereby the elongate member is insertable into a distal urethral cavity for delivery of an antimicrobial in said distal urethral cavity, and wherein the device comprises a collar (105) to prevent said elongate member entering a proximal urethral cavity.