Actively sterile surfaces
US5695857A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 23, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31692
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An actively antimicrobial surface for a substrate and for use in a biologically dynamic environment, such as for treating and preventing microbial infections, comprises a film consisting of at least an antimicrobial element and another electrochemically nobler element and which forms multitudinous galvanic cells with electrolyte containing biological fluids, such as body fluids from wounds, etc., for releasing the antimicrobial element at the surface.
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