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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Applicant:
Eiji Nonaka, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Eiji Nonaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Alcare Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 25/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An antimicrobial fiber bearing an anionic functional group, and a method of producing it wherein at least a part of the anionic functional group forms a quaternary ammonium salt and at least another part thereof forms an antimicrobial metal salt. The quaternary ammonium salt is preferably a cetylpyridinium salt, and the antimicrobial metal salt is preferably a zinc salt. The fiber is preferably a carboxyalkylated cellulose fiber. An antimicrobial fiber product comprising the antimicrobial fiber.