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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Paul Williams, Nottingham, GB;
Morgan Russell Alexander, Nottingham, GB;
Martyn Christopher Davies, Nottingham, GB;
Robert Langer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel Griffith Anderson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Paul Williams, Nottingham, GB;
Morgan Russell Alexander, Nottingham, GB;
Martyn Christopher Davies, Nottingham, GB;
Robert Langer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel Griffith Anderson, Cambridge, MA (US);
The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, GB;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method for inhibiting bacterial attachment to a surface, the method comprising forming the surface from a polymer, or applying a polymer to the surface, wherein the polymer is a homopolymer formed from a (meth) acrylate or (meth) acrylamide monomer or a copolymer formed from one or more (meth) acrylate or (meth) acrylamide monomers, wherein the (meth) acrylate or (meth) acrylamide monomers are of formula (I) or (II):[HC═CR'—C(═O)—O—]R  (I)[HC═CR′—C(═O)—NH—]R  (II)wherein