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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Yuyu Sun, Austin, TX (US);
Zhaobin Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Yuyu Sun, Austin, TX (US);
Zhaobin Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/34 (2006.01); C08K 5/3492 (2006.01); C08K 5/3435 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention includes compositions and methods of making an antimicrobial polymer by mixing sterically hindered N-halo-amines with polymeric materials with a source of halides selected from sodium di-X-isocyanurate, sodium hypohalite, N—X-succinimide, and calcium hypohalite, and mixtures and combinations thereof, wherein X is selected from Cl or Br, and wherein the sterically hindered halo-amines are charged before or after mixing with the polymers, or combinations thereof.