An idea that gels

It's been a little while since a contact lens story has caught my eye, but this piece about an antimicrobial hydrogel that can destroy multidrug-resistant superbugs is just the thing to get me started: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1249924/1/.html It reminds me of a previous post on an antimicrobial coating that had been signed up by a contact lens firm http://www.opticianonline.net/opticianspace/blogs/the_contact_lens_blog/archive/2012/05/11/superbug-killers.aspx if not quite as far along the road to commercial use - but I stand to be corrected if this is not the case. Anyway the latest gel seems to have possibilities in contact lens coating, wound healing, skin infection treatment and dental fillings. As it's a biodegradeable gel that can be naturally eliminated by the body, I imagine it's more likely to be used with daily disposable contact lenses, although details on this are a bit thin on the ground. I for one can't wait to see some of these technological developments making it into a finished product, optical or dental.