Activated polymer materials and process for making same
Abstract
Abstract THIS INVENTION CONCERNS NON-POROUS, POLYMERIC ARTICLES HAVING ACTIVE ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTIFUNGAL AND COMBINATIONS OF ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL PROPERTIES. SAID ARTICLE COMPRISES A PREFORMED, SOLID, NON-POROUS, POLYMERIC SUBSTRATE, AND A SOLID NON-POROUS LAYER OF A POLYMERIC COMPOSITION ADHERENTLY APPLIED TO AT LEAST ON SURFACE OF SAID SUBSTRATE, SAID COMPOSITION CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE ACTIVATING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTIFUNGAL, AND COMBINATIONS OF ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVATING AGENTS. SAID AGENT IS DISTRIBUTED WITHIN SAID POLYMERIC COMPOSITION OF SAID LAYER AND BEING CAPABLE OF MIGRATING FROM SAID LAYER INTO AND THROUGHOUT SAID SUBSTRATE. SAID AGENT IS PRESENT IN SAID LAYER IN SUFFICIENT AMOUNT SO THAT UPON MIGRATION FROM SAID LAYER INTO SAID SUBSTRATE, AN EFFECTIVE LEVEL OF ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTIFUNGAL OR A COMBINATION OF ANTIFUNGAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY IS PROVIDED THROUGHOUT SAID SUBSTRATE, AND ON AT LEAST ONE OTHER SURFACE OF SAID SUBSTRATE WHICH IS NOT IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH SAID LAYER.
Inventors
- 👤 Seymour Hyman
- 👤 Bruce S Bernstein
- 👤 Ramesh Kapoor
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