Process for the preparation of antimicrobial articles

US6316044A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Degussa-Huels AG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Ottersbach · Windeck, DE
• Frank Hill · Mettmann, DE
• Christine Anders · Haltern, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 17, 2000
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N37/12
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Antimicrobial activity is imparted to the surface(s) of an apparatus or article by polymerizing tert-butylaminoethyl methacrylate in the presence of the apparatus or article by which adhesion of the polymer to the surface(s) is achieved. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the antimicrobial monomer is graft polymerized on the surface(s).