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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1996
Samuel P Sawan, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Tadmor Shalon, Brentwood, MO (US);
Sundar Subramanyam, Stoneham, MA (US);
Alexander Yurkovetskiy, Acton, MA (US);
BioPolymerix, Inc., Farnham, GB;
Surfacine Development Company, LLC, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Abstract
An antimicrobial material is described which can be used to form on the surface on a substrate a non-leaching antimicrobial coating or layer which kills microorganisms on contact. The non-leaching antimicrobial coating or layer is a unique combination of an organic matrix immobilized on the surface of the substrate to having biocidal metallic materials non-leachably associated with the matrix. When a microorganism contacts the coating or layer, the biocidal metallic material is transferred to the microorganism in amounts sufficient to kill it.