Please kindly conduct a research to Identification of Target Customers of Antibiotic Coating to prevent implant infections. Please include the information below:

Identification of Target Customers

Can we find the total # of ortho hubs / trauma centers?

Can we find the # of surgeries @ hopkins/year as a reference point?

Hospitals

1. General Hospital

2. Orthopedic surgical hubs

   1. More surgeries

   2. Infection rate is lower at high volume hospitals

3. Trauma Centers

   1. Focusing particularly on fracture fixation devices

⇒ Patients (is this necessary here? They may not be customers, but they are the recipients)

1. High risk patients: treatment

   1. Less costly clinical trials

2. All patients implant patients: prevention

   1. More extensive clinical trials (may impact pricing)