Ursapharm Arzneimittel Gmbh & Co. Kg

Leibniz-institut Fuer Neue Materialien Gemeinnuetzige Gmbh

Detmar Buxmann

Helmut Schmidt

Thomas Schiestel

Hermann Schirra

A microbicidally coated article, especially a container, having on at least part of it a coating comprising an organically modified inorganic matrix comprising silver colloids which is obtainable by application of a coating composition comprising a) a hydrolysate or condensate based on at least one hydrolysable silane with at least one non-hydrolysable substituent and b) a silver compound to the surface of the article and treatment with heat and/or radiation to form the silver colloid coating. Articles coated in accordance with the invention are therefore particularly suitable for purposes of disinfection, preservation, cosmetic, pharmaceutical or medical purposes. Articles from the pharmaceutical or medical sector, especially containers for pharmaceuticals or articles or components which come into contact with the human body and are required to be free from germs, are preferred fields of application.

Object having a microbicide coating, method for the production thereof and use of the same

A fluid dispenser for germ-free fluid is described incorporating at least one material being capable of interacting via an oligodynamically active substance. The dispenser includes a metering pump and inlet and outlet valves. The fluid coming into contact with at least one oligodynamically active substance is present in the region of the outlet valve, of the inlet thereto and/or the outlet therefrom.

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Saarbruecken, Germany

Detmar Buxmann