Institucio Catalana De Recerca I Estudis Avancats

Fundacio Institut De Ciencies Fotoniques

B. Braun Surgical S.a.

Aesculap Ag

Itv Denkendorf Produktservice Gmbh

Christine Weis

Erich Odermatt

Romain Quidant

Erhard Müller

Hans-Gerd Schmees

Ignacio De Miguel

Pau Turón Dols

Irene Prieto Martínez

Tania Nieves

A device configured for antimicrobial, in particular bacteriostatic or bactericidal, activity, and a method for manufacturing the device. The device includes a device body having a surface. The device body is configured to anchor thermal nanoparticles supporting optical resonance, in particular localized surface plasmon resonance, at its surface. The device body includes thermal nanoparticles supporting optical resonance, in particular localized surface plasmon resonance, bonded to the surface of the device body. The thermal nanoparticles are capable of increasing their temperature by light irradiation in a wavelength range that matches with the wavelength of the optical resonance, in particular localized surface plasmon resonance, of the thermal nanoparticles. The device body also includes an antimicrobial substance that is releasable from the device body.

Device capable of having antimicrobial, in particular bacteriostatic or bactericidal, activity

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Sant Cugat del Vallés, Spain

Christine Weis