Institucio Catalana De Recerca I Estudis Avancats

Fundacio Institut De Ciencies Fotoniques

B. Braun Surgical S.a.

Ignacio De Miguel

Romain Quidant

Pau Turón Dols

Irene Prieto Martínez

Christine Weis

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

The present invention relates to a microcomplex containing a modified nanoparticle adsorbed on a host microparticle and to a process to obtain it. The microcomplex is particularly useful for photoepilation. The present invention also relates to a composition containing the microcomplex and to the method for enhanced photoepilation based on the microcomplexes.

Microcomplex for use in photoepilation process to obtain it and composition containing it

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Castelldefels, Spain

Ignacio De Miguel