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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2021
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Dayue Jiang, Painted Post, NY (US);
Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Painted Post, NY (US);
Kevin Andrew Vasilakos, Painted Post, NY (US);
Frederic Christian Wagner, Lindley, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An antimicrobial article that includes: an antimicrobial composite region that includes a matrix comprising a polymeric material, and a first plurality of particles within the matrix. The particles include a phase-separable glass with a copper-containing antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial composite region can be a film containing the first plurality of particles that is subsequently laminated to a bulk element. The first plurality of particles can also be pressed into the film or a bulk element to define an antimicrobial composite region. An exposed surface portion of the antimicrobial composite region can exhibit at least a log 2 reduction in a concentration of at least one of, andbacteria under a Modified EPA Copper Test Protocol.