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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
May. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Inventor:
Jonathan J. Gwaltney, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
ABB SCHWEIZ AG, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 63/10 (2006.01); A01N 59/16 (2006.01); A01N 59/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 63/1036 (2013.01); A01N 59/16 (2013.01); A01N 59/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cable tie includes a body having a composition wherein the composition includes a base plastic, an antimicrobial additive, and a detectable additive selected from a detectable metal additive, an X-ray detectable additive, and combinations thereof, a head having a bard including a metallic barb material, and wherein the body and the head are integrally formed. The antimicrobial additive can be configured to be resistant against silver-ion resistant pathogens. The antimicrobial additive can include complexes of zinc, copper, other metallic ions, and combinations thereof.