Anthony Ball, a study director at Toxikon Corporation, presented a poster at the 2014 PDA/FDA Virus & TSE Safety Conference on the use of bacteriophage to simulate viral ingress into sterile medical device fluid paths. The conference brought together regulators and industry professionals to discuss product safety related to viruses and transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Mr. Ball's poster proposed a simple solution for medical device viral ingress testing using bacteriophage models.