Detecting antimicrobial surfaces

US12326443B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2025
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2021/634
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method includes depositing an antimicrobial material onto a surface of a substrate. The method includes binding a photochromic material to the antimicrobial material. Depositing the antimicrobial material and binding the photochromic material can include forming a mixture of the antimicrobial material and the photochromic material and depositing the mixture onto the surface of the substrate. It is also contemplated that depositing the antimicrobial material and binding the photochromic material can include first depositing the antimicrobial material onto the surface of the substrate and then depositing the photochromic material onto the antimicrobial material.