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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2017
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Corning, NY (US);
Gary Stephen Calabrese, Corning, NY (US);
Timothy Michael Gross, Corning, NY (US);
Dayue Jiang, Painted Post, NY (US);
Jianguo Wang, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to antimicrobial glass compositions, glasses and articles. The articles include a glass, which may include a glass phase and a cuprite phase. In other embodiments, the glasses include as plurality of Cuions, a degradable phase including BO, POand KO and a durable phase including SiO. Other embodiments include glasses having a plurality of Cuions disposed on the surface of the glass and in the glass network and/or the glass matrix. The article may also include a polymer. The glasses and articles disclosed herein exhibit a 2 log reduction or greater in a concentration of at least one ofbacteria, Methicillin Resistant, and, under the EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy as a Sanitizer testing conditions and under Modified JIS Z 2801 for Bacteria testing conditions. In some embodiments, the glass and articles exhibit a 2 log reduction or greater in a concentration of Murine Norovirus under Modified JIS Z 2801 Test for Viruses testing conditions.