Systems and methods for detecting antimicrobial surface coatings

US12000696B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Katherine Urena Pimentel · Winston-Salem, US
• Steven Poteet · Hamden, US
• Thomas Martz · Winston-Salem, US
• David C. McConnell · Winston-Salem, US
• Vijay V. Pujar · San Diego, US
• Irene Rexwinkle · Mill Creek, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2202/26
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method may comprise measuring, by a conductivity or resistance measuring device, the conductivity or resistance of a surface of a substrate; comparing, by the conductivity or resistance measuring device, the measured conductivity or resistance to a reference value; and/or determining, by the conductivity or resistance measuring device, a presence or an absence of an antimicrobial system on the surface. The antimicrobial system may comprise a first coating, wherein the first coating may comprise an antimicrobial compound, wherein the antimicrobial compound may comprise a first end and a second end opposite the first end with a hydrocarbon chain therebetween, wherein the antimicrobial compound may comprise a cationic functional group on the first end and a silane group on the second end.