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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
Entrotech Life Sciences, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
James E. McGuire, Jr., Palm Beach, FL (US);
entrotech life sciences, inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Advantageously, para-chloroaniline (PCA) is minimal in antimicrobial articles prepared according to the method of the invention. A method of forming an antimicrobial article according to the invention comprises steps of: providing a polymerizable composition; incorporating an antimicrobially effective amount of at least one chlorhexidine-containing antimicrobial agent into the polymerizable composition; and, polymerizing the polymerizable composition to form chlorhexidine-containing polymer of the antimicrobial article, wherein processing temperature during the method is less than about 80° C.