Disinfecting tissue

US4259383A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Sterling Drug, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Heinz Eggensperger · Hamburg, DE
• Dieter Rehn · Norderstedt, DE
• Wolfgang Beilfuss · Hamburg, DE
• Helmut Nolte · Norderstedt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 1979
• Grant date: Mar 31, 1981
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/24793
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A disinfecting tissue comprising an absorbent material having incorporated therein a disinfecting agent selected from (a) organic percarboxylic acids; (b) mixtures of a hydrogen peroxide donor with an organic carboxylic acid anhydride or a acyloxy-benzoic or -benzenesulfonic acid; and (c) a carboxylic acid amide; as defined in the specification. The disinfectant tissues are useful for the disinfection of the skin, hands, and inanimate surfaces.