Antimicrobially active, non-woven web used in a wet wiper
US4837079A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/2525
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An antimicrobially active, non-woven web, a wet wiper containing the web, and a method of making the web. The method includes the steps of forming an unbounded fibrous web; applying throughout the unbonded fibrous web an uncured binder and polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride as an antimicrobial agent, the antimicrobial active agent being substantive to the fibers of the web and to the binder; and curing the binder material to bind the fibers together to form an antimicrobially active, non-woven web.
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