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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marvin S. Antelman, Rehovot, IL;
Assignee:
Marantech Holding, LLC, Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 5/910 ; A01N 5/900 ; A01N 5/902 ; A01N 5/906 ; A01N 5/916 ; A01N 5/926 ; A61L 2/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 5/910 ; A01N 5/900 ; A01N 5/902 ; A01N 5/906 ; A01N 5/916 ; A01N 5/926 ; A61L 2/18 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and composition for destroying or inhibiting proliferation of microbes using oxidative fluorinator compounds. Fluoride salts that do not dissociate completely in aqueous solutions, such as tri- or tetravalent transition metal fluorides, inert gas fluorides, or tri- or tetravalent rare earth fluorides, are effective antimicrobial agents even at levels up to about 20 ppm, when used alone or in conjunction with a strong oxidizer.